{"id":18941,"date":"2023-10-24T08:54:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T04:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kabul-24.com\/en\/?p=18941"},"modified":"2023-10-24T08:54:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T04:24:42","slug":"migration-to-oecd-countries-at-record-high-rate-with-some-6-1-million-new-arrivals-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabul-24.com\/en\/migration-to-oecd-countries-at-record-high-rate-with-some-6-1-million-new-arrivals-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration to OECD countries at record-high rate, with some 6.1 million new arrivals in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Migration to OECD countries reached unprecedented levels in 2022, according to a new report published on Monday.<\/h4>\n
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Kabul 24<\/strong><\/a>: Last year, some 6.1 million people moved to the group’s 38 member countries, a 26% increase from 2021, according to the OECD’s latest report.<\/p>\n

More than one in three member countries recorded immigration figures that were “unprecedented for at least 15 years”, including France (301,000 people), Spain (471,000) and Belgium (122,000).<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom (521,000) and Canada (437,000) say their highest-ever levels, according to data compiled by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.<\/p>\n

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Those figures did not include the some 4.7 million Ukrainian refugees registered in June 2023 in the OECD member states.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The number of asylum applications also reached a record high level, with 2 million registered in 2022.<\/p>\n

The United States alone – where 730,000 of these refugee requests were lodged last year – welcomed 1.05 million new immigrants.<\/p>\n

This global dynamic is “linked to the fact that many OECD countries are experiencing labour shortages”, the organisation wrote in its report.<\/p>\n

The report points out that “regulated immigration of foreign workers” accounts for 21% of total flows, and now represents the same proportion as immigrants on humanitarian grounds.<\/p>\n

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