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Ethiopia is one of the largest and poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Although Ethiopia has a low emigration rate at 0.7 per cent (World Bank, 2011), compared to other sub-Saharan African countries, due to its sheer population size of approximately 83 million people, it has a large diaspora community in absolute terms. The exact size of the diaspora is unknown, but is estimated to be 1–2 million people with large populations in the Middle East, North America and Europe. Ethiopians are the second largest group of sub-Saharan Africans in the United States (after Nigeria) and the fifteenth largest in Europe (AFTDC-AFTQK, 2007).
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Kuschminder, K., Siegel, M. (2013). Diaspora Engagement and Policy in Ethiopia. In: Collyer, M. (eds) Emigration Nations. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137277107_3
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