Immigration Trends

A new Pew Research Center report examines long-term trends in U.S. births among both U.S.-born and foreign-born women. Here are key findings from the report.

Regional conflict and economic opportunity boost number of migrants from 25 million to 54 million.

With the number of displaced people in the world at more than 60 million in 2015, the plight of refugees has gained new prominence.

A decline in Hispanic birth rates and the pace of immigration from Latin America has had an effect on the growth and dispersion of Hispanics in the country.

The recent wave of asylum seekers to 28 EU countries, Norway and Switzerland accounts for one-in-ten asylum applications to the region since 1985.

But the U.S. and Europe are quite different when it comes to their migrant populations’ origin countries.

The UK has the fifth-largest immigrant population in the world, at 8.5 million.

The recent historic migration surge into Europe has led to a large jump in the immigrant share of populations in many European nations, with the notable exceptions of the UK and France, which saw more modest increases.

Somalia has faced lawlessness and strife during its decades-long civil war. As the country of 10.8 million continues to experience political and economic instability, its people are increasingly living outside of Somalia. New migrants are making their way to places like Europe, but they face a long and dangerous journey over land and sea. Hundreds […]

By a wide margin, the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world.