Migration is said to be the law of nature. Sometimes due to livelihood, sometimes due to education or due to some crisis, people have often migrated and settled from one place to another. Not only this, people have also started settling in other countries in the last few centuries. This is considered a big factor in the concept of global village. If we look at the data of Pew Research, then 3.6 percent of the world’s population does not live in the country where they were born. Their number is around 28 crores. According to a report of Pew Research, if the data of people living in other countries is seen in terms of religion, then Christians are at the top.
Among the people who migrated and settled in other countries, the number of Christians is the highest at 47 percent. Muslims come second and their population is 29 percent among those who migrated. Hindus are at number three in this matter, but the difference is very big compared to Christians and Muslims. Only 5 percent Hindus have settled in a country other than the one where they were born. Buddhists are at number four in this matter at 4 percent and Jews are at 1 percent. But an interesting thing is that 13 percent of the people who migrated are those who call themselves atheists. After Christianity and Islam, such people are at number three.
Another shocking statistic is that migration has increased rapidly across the world. The number of people leaving their country and settling in other countries has increased by 83 percent, while the global population has increased by only 47 percent. The report says that all adults and children are included in the migrating people. This includes people who migrated and left the country at any time. In the report, disasters like war, economic crisis, famine have also been considered major factors in migration.
The report says that one of the main reasons for migration is religious persecution. In fact, this trend is more visible among minorities. Due to persecution, they usually prefer to live in countries where people following their own religion are in majority. The report says that this type of migration has also brought about a major change in the demography of many countries.