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Rescued male migrants are brought to southern Italian ports, 28 June 2015. Immigration to Europe has a long history, but increased substantially after World War II. Western European countries, especially, saw high growth in immigration post 1945, and many European nations today (particularly those of the EU-15) have sizeable immigrant populations, both of European and non-European origin.
These are lists of countries by foreign-born population and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).. According to the United Nations, in 2019, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia and France had the largest number of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest.
An excess of people entering a country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population). An excess of people leaving a country is referred to as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change.
In the early years of the United States, immigration was fewer than 8,000 people a year. [104] After 1820, immigration gradually increased. From 1850 to 1930, the foreign born population of the United States increased from 2.2 million to 14.2 million.
Polls state immigration is far from the front of people's minds in the upcoming Irish general election on 29 November. But for the first time ever it is a consideration.
[28] [29] [30] Prior to 1960, the overwhelming majority came from Europe or of European descent from Canada. Immigration from Europe as a proportion of new arrivals has declined since the mid-20th century, with 75.0% of the total foreign-born population born in Europe compared to 12.1% recorded in the 2010 census. [31]
European immigration fed Iowa's 19th-century population boom ... and immigration slowed. By 1950, Iowa fell to the 20th-largest state and 40 years later, in 1990, it had the 30th-largest ...
Hosted at Ohio State's Fawcett Center, the leaders of the project, "Immigrants make Columbus," seated a panel of four community advisory council members to discuss community-grounded solutions ...