Indians and Chinese form a major chunk of the increasing number of Asians migrating to developed countries, particularly outside the Europe, says the International Migration Outlook 2007, released by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 30-nation block of developed countries.
In non-European OECD countries, China was the biggest source of immigrants in 2005 with as much as 2,97,000 inflows, while India came at fourth position with 1,34,000 people.
The inflows from China increased by about 25 per cent from 2,38,000 in 2000, while those from India jumped by over 70 per cent from 78,000 in 2000.
Indian immigrants accounted for 8 per cent of total inflows in Australia in 2005, compared to 5 per cent for the period 1990-2004, while it rose to 13 per cent in Canada from 8 per cent previously, and to 8 per cent in the US from 5 per cent previously.
"High-growth Asian countries saw a further increase in their share of inflows in most OECD countries in 2005," says the report.
"With the increase in levels of education among young Asian adults, this trend is likely to continue in coming years," it added.
OECD said that India and China were particularly prominent in the flows, with a number of OECD members such as the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea recording significant surge in the number of immigrants from the two fast-growing economies.
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