Figures released yesterday put the UAE in the top bracket of countries that take in migrants from the developing world. That is despite the country having a low population in comparison with others who were placed high in the same league table. The statistics were released by the Population Reference Bureau in Washington.
Overall it showed that in a 12-month period almost three million people migrated from the developing world to industrialised nations. The UAE receives more than a quarter of a million of them – the fourth highest in the world behind the United States, Italy and Spain. The country is placed ahead of the United Kingdom despite the population here being 55 million less.
Migration expert Edwin Shmull said: "It is quite an amazing statistic that the UAE is placed so high, but then it does reflect the amount of construction work taking place. In other industries in the UAE help is also needed and that is why the figure is so high.” (Emirates Today)
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