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People on the move

Migrants, refugees, students and city-builders: where people are born, and where they end up.

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086 people on the move One in ten in Japan will be foreign by 2070 098 people on the move Japan's foreign residents have doubled since 2012, passing 4 million 056 people on the move Jakarta, not Tokyo, is the world's largest city 073 people on the move Two in three newly licensed UK doctors qualified abroad 082 people on the move Iran dropped from top refugee host to fifth in 2025 128 power shift Egypt has more asylum seekers than Germany, Spain and Italy 181 people on the move Chad rose from 15th to 6th among refugee hosts 190 power shift Türkiye overtook France in hosting foreign students 196 people on the move Uzbekistan's university enrolment rose from 8% to 57% 208 people on the move Japan rose from ninth to second as Vietnamese emigrants' home 210 people on the move South Korea turned from student sender into student host 203 people on the move Nigeria became the third-biggest sender of students abroad
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