Singapore is a smaller country with equally large fears of inundation by migrants.
Some are sold to gangs by guides, others by fellow migrants known as enganchadoras.
I breathe now surrounded by migrants with their fitful, brooding sleep.
The United States is viewed worldwide as a highly desirable destination by would-be migrants.
Money sent home by migrants constitutes the second largest financial inflow to many developing countries, exceeding international aid.
City population continued to increase mostly by migrants.
Populated mainly by working-class English migrants, it was, before its eventual economic and social decline, a showcase of successful city planning.
Since the 1950's, Istanbul's population has doubled every 15 years, swollen by migrants abandoning the provinces for the big city.
However by the 1850s he had become concerned at illegal settlement by European migrants on traditional lands.
The population has grown back over two million, fed by migrants from the East.