Abstract
The Age of Migration by Stephen Castles and Mark Miller was first published in 1993,
at the knee of an upcurve in international migration that began after World War
Two. After the war, net migration flows grew globally from 2.6 million in 1950–1955
to 20.6 million in 2005–2010 (figure 1).2 Global migrant stocks have increased by
150 per cent in absolute terms since 1960, and by 40 per cent as a fraction of the
global population in the past 30 years.3 Meanwhile, international tourism has grown
from 25 million arrivals worldwide in 1950 to 1.4 billion arrivals in 2018 – a 56
fold increase in less than three-quarters of a century.4 Until recently, it was widely
estimated that more than a million people were literally flying through the air at any
given moment.5
at the knee of an upcurve in international migration that began after World War
Two. After the war, net migration flows grew globally from 2.6 million in 1950–1955
to 20.6 million in 2005–2010 (figure 1).2 Global migrant stocks have increased by
150 per cent in absolute terms since 1960, and by 40 per cent as a fraction of the
global population in the past 30 years.3 Meanwhile, international tourism has grown
from 25 million arrivals worldwide in 1950 to 1.4 billion arrivals in 2018 – a 56
fold increase in less than three-quarters of a century.4 Until recently, it was widely
estimated that more than a million people were literally flying through the air at any
given moment.5
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2020 |