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Migration

Migration. The Numbers. Resources on Migration. Office of Immigration Statistics , (DHS) publishes the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Migration Policy Institute (U. of Minn.) International Organization for Migration. Basic Data.

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Migration

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  1. Migration The Numbers

  2. Resources on Migration • Office of Immigration Statistics, (DHS) publishes the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics • U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants • Migration Policy Institute (U. of Minn.) • International Organization for Migration

  3. Basic Data • About 2.5% of the world’s population at any one time is living outside their country of birth • How many people today? • 45% live in MDCs, 55% live in LDCs

  4. Migrant Population as Percent of Total Population • United Arab Emirates 90% • Saudi Arabia 25% • Australia 25% • Canada 15% • France 10% • United States 8% • Argentina 5%

  5. Historic Migrations • The most dramatic migration in history has been the movement of 60 million Europeans to the rest of the world, mostly North and South America, Australia, southern Africa. • Historically young men made up the majority of migrants; today, migrants seeking work are 50% female.

  6. The European “Diaspora” • Of the total 60 million Europeans who migrated from Europe in the 500 years since Columbus . . . • 36 million went to the U.S.

  7. The U.S.: A Nation of Immigrants About 65 million have migrated to the United States since 1820, including the 25 million currently alive.

  8. Two Eras of Immigration First: from 1700s to 1930s Second: from 1960s to present

  9. The First Era • Before 1840s, 90% of the European immigrants were from Great Britain

  10. Three Great Waves • 1840 – 1860: 4 million people arrived (2x the previous total) • Most from North and West Europe, 40% from Ireland • Immigration slowed down during and shortly after the Civil War

  11. Second Wave • 1880s-1890s • 500,000 people annually migrated to U.S. • Origin North and Western Europe, mostly Germans (ultimately the largest group of European immi-grants) and Scandinavia, plus Irish, and a growing # from Eastern Eur.

  12. Third Wave • 1900 – 1920 • 1 million people/year for 15 years • Record year: 1907 - - 1.3 million • Origin shifted to Eastern and Southern Europe: Poles, Czechs, Austria, Hungary, Italy, etc. • Jewish and Catholic

  13. At the Peak • In 1910, 13 million U.S. residents were born outside U.S. or one of their parents was born outside the U.S. • 14% of U.S. population at the time. • In New York, approximately 80 languages were spoken.

  14. Depression and War • In 1930s, more return migration than immigration • WWII limited but didn’t stop immigration • Baby boom of 1950s

  15. The Second Era • 1960s – present • U.S. population has been growing at about 2.3 – 2.5 million per year since 1960s • Origin of immigrants has shifted to Asia and Latin America • Gateway city today is Los Angeles: 80 different languages spoken at home.

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