Global Economic Crisis: Migration Survey

Immigration Policies Dept: An Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report Monday said that 4.4 million people migrated into the group's 31 member countries in 2008, according to CBC. Preliminary data suggests the number of migrants dropped again in 2009, the group said in its annual migration survey. The group blamed a decreasing demand for labour for the drop and immigration to rich countries dropped during the global economic crisis, the first time that's happened since 2002, the OECD says. Angel Gurria, the secretary-general of OECD, warned governments against tightening immigration policies as a result of the recession. Christine Peloquin/ That's a six per cent drop from the previous year. Immigration into OECD countries increased by an average of 11 per cent per year from 2003 through 2007. As reported in the news.
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