Top Migration Corridors: APAC
I've covered the top migration corridors for the US and Europe before, and today I want to take a look at APAC given the report that dropped recently via IOM. Unlike OECD, these folks make handy dandy visual charts, so no need for yet another table from me đ€Ł
Just kidding, here's a table of the top 5 corridors:
| Origin Country | Destination Country | # of Migrants (2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Islamic Republic of Iran | 3.8 MM |
| India | UAE | 3.2 MM |
| India | USA | 3.2 MM |
| China | USA | 2.5 MM |
| Bangladesh | Saudi Arabia | 2.4 MM |
No surprises in terms of the most populous countries sending (and receiving) tons of migrants, but some of the intra-regional corridors were news to me in terms of scale. I had read about Iran expelling Afghan migrants earlier this year, but I didn't grasp at the time the scale of it -- in just 1 year Iran's population swelled by roughly 4% via a wave of migrants from Afghanistan.
To put that in perspective, imagine 13 MM Canadians crossing over into the United States in a single calendar year. Or almost 2.7 MM Germans moving to France within 12 months.