LESSON 15.3 Where are people moving to and from?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson, you should be able to describe patterns of and reasons for international migration and the effects of migration on Australia.
Tune in The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations related organisation. In addition to providing services and advice to governments and migrants, it also tracks migration data. Every year it releases a report on migration. FIGURE1 lists the top 20 destinations of international migrants and countries of origin.
FIGURE1 Top 20 destinations (left) and origins (right) of international migrants in 2020 (millions)
Top 20 migrant destinations
Top 20 countries of origin
India
United States of America
Mexico
Germany
Saudi Arabia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
China
United Kingdom
Syrian Arab Republic
United Arab Emirates
Bangladesh
France
Pakistan
Canada
Ukraine
Australia
Philippines
Spain
Afghanistan
Italy
Venezuela
Türkiye
Poland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Thailand
Palestinian Territories
Malaysia
Romania
Jordan
Germany
Pakistan
Myanmar
Kuwait
Egypt
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20
40
60
0
5
10 15 20
Source: UN DESA, 2021a
With a partner, consider the figure and use the thinking routine of ‘See, Think, Wonder’ to discuss your ideas and then share them with the class. • See — observe a piece of information provided by the figure. • Think— what does this information make you think about migration destinations or origins? • Wonder— what question could you ask about this information? What are you curious to know more about?
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