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The most recent Human Development Report (HDR) on Human Mobility and Development (2009) estimates the total global migrant stock at 214 million people, approximately 3 per cent of the world’s population. This represents a substantial increase since 1960, where the stock was 75 million, and even more recently 2005, where estimates indicated that the total migrant stock was 191 million. Due to the underlying economic and demographic global imbalances, this trend is likely to persist and calls for policies that effectively manage migration to the benefit of all — migrants, origin countries and host countries (Holzmann and Muenz, 2004).
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Sabates-Wheeler, R., Koettl, J., Avato, J. (2011). Social Security for Migrants: A Global Overview of Portability Arrangements. In: Sabates-Wheeler, R., Feldman, R. (eds) Migration and Social Protection. Rethinking International Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306554_4
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