NEW DELHI: Most of the international migrants in 2017 were from India, followed by China and Bangladesh, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report said Tuesday.
The report further said as many as one third of international migrants were from Asia in 2017.
“India had the most outward migrants in 2017 (17 million), followed by China (10 million) and Bangladesh (7.5 million),” said ADB’s report titled ‘Asian Economic Integration Report 2018’.
“About one in three international migrants are from Asia led by India and the PRC (People’s Republic of China),” it added.
According to the report, Asia continued as the largest source of international migrants globally although the number of Asian migrants headed to regional destinations declined slightly.
“The global stock of international migrants from Asia rose 3.9 per cent from 83.6 million in 2015 to 86.9 million in 2017,” it said.
The report also said intraregional migrants to India largely come from neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh (3.1 million), Pakistan (1.1 million) and Nepal (0.5 million). (AGENCIES)
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