Migration refers to the movement of people between locations. In 2010, there were an estimated 214 million international migrants globally. In 2006 in the EU-27, about 3.5 million people settled in a new country of residence, with the largest increases in Ireland and Spain. Spain, Germany, and the UK received over half of all immigrants, who were predominantly non-EU citizens under 29 years of age. Asian migration to Europe has grown, particularly Chinese migrants, though secondary migration has occurred between countries within and outside Europe.

1. MIGRATION

2. MIGRATION
 is physical movement from one area to
another, sometimes over long distances or in large
groups.
 According to the International Organization for
Migration's World Migration Report 2010, the
number of international migrants was estimated at
214 million in 2010.

3. IN EU - 27
 2006 about 3.5 million persons settled in a new country
of residence in the EU-27, according to Eurostat
estimates.
 The biggest rise in immigration was in Ireland and Spain:
 Ireland immigration doubled in 2006 compared with 2002
 Spain received three quarters more immigrants in 2006 than in
2002
 In 2006 - Germany 14%, Austria 17%, Netherlands 11%
declined in immigration.

4.  Spain, Germany and UK received more than half of all
immigrants .
 2 million immigrants including returning nationals.
 The highest rate of immigration was recorded in
Luxembourg, followed by Ireland, Cyprus and Spain.
 Half of all immigrants were younger than 29 years old.
Immigrants who were not EU citizens were younger than
those who were EU-27 citizens (including nationals).
 There were more men than women among immigrants
and the women were younger than the men.

5. MAJORITY OF IMMIGRANT ARE NON-EU MEMBERS
 In 2006, of a total of 3.5 million immigrants to the EU-27 Member
States:
 3 million (86%) were foreigners
 The rest (14%) were nationals returning to their home country.
Looking only at foreign citizens, 60%
of immigrants were citizens of
countries outside the European
Union (non-EU immigrants), while
40% were citizens of other EU
Member States. Non-EU citizens
were made up fairly equally of
citizens of European non-EU
countries, Asian, American and
African countries, ranging from 13%
to 16%, with a few per cent from
Oceania or without known
citizenship.

6. ASIAN MIGRATION TO EUROPE
 Chinese:
 Largest
 Most important
 Fastest growing
 Most mobile group in the region
 Hungary, which has emerged as the main entrepôt of
Chinese migration and entrepreneurship in the region.
 From 1989 to 1991, the Chinese population in Hungary grew
from practically zero to around 40,000.
 Hungarian officials reacted by re-imposing the visa
requirement in early 1992.
 This resulted in a secondary migration to Poland, Czecho-
Slovakia, Romania, and to a lesser extent other countries of
the region, as well as Western Europe, with only around
10,000 remaining in Hungary.

7. ASIA – EU CONSULTATION MEETING ON
LABOUR MIGRATION
 In the framework of an EC-funded AENEAS
project, Regional Dialogue and Programme on
Facilitating Managed and Legal Migration between
Asia and the European Union (EU), the
International Organization for Migration (IOM) has
organized a two-day consultation meeting bringing
together senior labor migration officials from ten
Colombo Process countries and 16 EUmember
states to exchange experiences and discuss
issues of common interest on labor migration from
Asia to Europe.