From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from
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movement of people into another country or region to which they
are not native in order to settle there.[1] Immigration is a
result of a number of factors, including economic and/or
political reasons, family re-unification, natural disasters or
the wish to change one's surroundings voluntarily.    As of
2006, the International Organization for Migration has estimated
the number of foreign migrants worldwide to be more than 200
million.[3] Europe hosted the largest number of immigrants, with
70 million people in 2005.[3] North America, with over 45
million immigrants, is second, followed by Asia, which hosts
nearly 25 million. Most of today's migrant workers come from
Asia.[4]  In 2005, the United Nations reported that there were
nearly 191 million international migrants worldwide, about 3
percent of the world population.[5] This represented a rise of
26 million since 1990. 60 percent of these im