In 2015, Pakistan saw the biggest number of citizens leaving the country to work abroad, totaling approximately *******. The years between 2012 and 2016 witnessed the largest levels of labor migration from the country, with at least ******* traveling abroad each year. Some of the lowest levels of labor migration from the country were recorded in 2020 and 2021; this was largely due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the leading destinations for Pakistani migration? Pakistan has a sizable population of over *** million people. Countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council are popular destinations for Pakistani migrant workers due to their proximity and ease of access. For example, most of the labor migration to the United Arab Emirates in 2022 came from Pakistan. Citizens from Pakistan work in a wide range of fields, including both skilled and unskilled professions. However, most skilled workers from the country often opt for careers in Western Europe or North America due to higher wages and currency exchange rates. Vital to the economy, Pakistani citizens working abroad play a key role in their nation’s economy. The unemployment rate in Pakistan has significantly increased in recent years. Therefore, the country is heavily dependent on remittances coming from citizens working abroad. Over the years, the value of remittances received in Pakistan has continued to increase, witnessing only a small dip in 2022. These remittances help workers support their families back in Pakistan. Additionally, they aid in shoring up the country’s foreign currency reserves, which is vital for international trade.

Pakistan net migration for 2024 was -1,401,173.00, a 13.48% decline from 2023.

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<li>Pakistan net migration for 2023 was <strong>-1,619,557.00</strong>, a <strong>22.45% increase</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Pakistan net migration for 2022 was <strong>-1,322,625.00</strong>, a <strong>133.81% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Pakistan net migration for 2021 was <strong>-565,673.00</strong>, a <strong>1.14% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
</ul>Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the total number of immigrants less the annual number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens. Data are five-year estimates.

This horizontal bar chart displays net migration (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Pakistan. The data is about countries per year.

Pakistan PK: Migration Rate: per 1000 Inhabitants: Net data was reported at 0.000 NA in 2050. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 NA for 2049. Pakistan PK: Migration Rate: per 1000 Inhabitants: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -0.450 NA from Jun 1981 (Median) to 2050, with 70 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.700 NA in 1981 and a record low of -13.500 NA in 1992. Pakistan PK: Migration Rate: per 1000 Inhabitants: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.US Census Bureau: Demographic Projection.

This horizontal bar chart displays net migration (people) by ISO 3 country code using the aggregation sum in Pakistan. The data is about countries per year.

Iraq was, by far, the country with the highest unemployment rate among foreign-born citizens in the world, with nearly half of the country's foreign-born population being unemployed in 2023. By comparison, Eswatini and Pakistan, the two countries with the second and third highest foreign-born unemployment rate, had rates below ** percent.

Pakistan PK: Net Migration data was reported at -1,071,778.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -1,181,920.000 Person for 2012. Pakistan PK: Net Migration data is updated yearly, averaging -440,733.000 Person from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2017, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,395,238.000 Person in 1982 and a record low of -1,396,377.000 Person in 2007. Pakistan PK: Net Migration data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the total number of immigrants less the annual number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens. Data are five-year estimates.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

As of mid-2023, nearly *** million refugees from Afghanistan were residing in neighboring Iran, making it the most common sender-host refugee route worldwide. Refugees tend to seek refuge in countries nearby, with Syrians predominantly seeking refuge in Turkey and Lebanon, and Ukrainians mostly in Russia and Germany. Looking only at where the refugees come from, the largest number comes from Syria, with Ukraine and Afghanistan behind.

New Zealand Net Migration: Citizenship: Pakistan data was reported at 165.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 90.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Net Migration: Citizenship: Pakistan data is updated monthly, averaging 25.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 187.000 Person in Nov 2023 and a record low of -4.000 Person in Sep 2020. New Zealand Net Migration: Citizenship: Pakistan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G009: International Migration: Net Migration: by Citizenship.

Between January and August 2021, the immigration numbers in Italy were largely influenced by citizens from Africa. Tunisia represented the most frequent origin country declared upon arrival, while Egypt and Ivory Coast occupied the third and fourth positions in this ranking. During the first eight months of 2021, 11 thousand Tunisians arrived on the Italian shores, while the number of people from Bangladesh amounted to 5.3 thousand.

Nationality of asylum seekers  

In October 2020, 792 asylum applicants in Italy came were from Pakistan. Pakistani represented the most frequent nationality of asylum seekers according to the requests processed in that month. Nigerian was the second most common nationality, with 501 requests made in October 2020. In the same month, 471 examined asylum applications were made by Bangladeshis. Bangladesh is among the most frequent places of origins declared upon arrival in Italy.

Unaccompanied and separated children

In 2019, 659 unaccompanied and separated children arrived in Italy to seek for asylum. Between 2014 and 2019, the number of asylum applications from unaccompanied children peaked in 2017 at 9.8 thousand. The largest percentage of unaccompanied and separated children who arrived in Italy by sea were from Sudan. Separated children are children separated from both their parents, for instance due to conflicts or other disasters. Unaccompanied children are infants separated from both parents or other relatives, which are by law responsible for taking care of them.

Information about asylum applications in a given year and the progress of asylum-seekers through the refugee status determination process.

This data collection consists of semi-structured interviews designed to cover processes in five domains of integration (social, cultural, structural, civic and political, identity) with sections on life before and after marriage. The data deposited consists of the transcripts of the recorded semi-structured interviews with British Pakistani Muslim and British Indian Sikh spouses, and migrant Pakistani Muslim and migrant Indian Sikh spouses. This research explored the relationships between marriage migration and integration, focusing on the two largest UK ethnic groups involved in transnational marriages with partners from their parents’ or grandparents’ countries of origin: British Pakistani Muslims and British Indian Sikhs.

Spouses constitute the largest category of migrant settlement in the UK. In Britain, as elsewhere in Europe, concern is increasingly expressed over the implications of marriage-related migration for integration. In some ethnic minority groups, significant numbers of children and grandchildren of former immigrants continue to marry partners from their ancestral homelands. Such marriages are presented as particularly problematic: a 'first generation' of spouses in every generation may inhibit processes of individual and group integration, impeding socio-economic participation and cultural change. New immigration restrictions likely to impact particularly on such groups have thus been justified on the grounds of promoting integration. The evidence base to underpin this concern is, however, surprisingly limited, and characterised by differing and often partial understandings of the contested and politicised concept of integration. This project combined analysis of relevant quantitative data sets, with qualitative research with the two largest ethnic groups involved (Indian Sikhs and Pakistani Muslims), to compare transnational ‘homeland’ marriages with intra-ethnic marriages within the UK. These findings will enhance understanding of the relationships between marriage-related migration and the complex processes glossed as integration, providing much needed new grounding for both policy and academic debates.

This table contains 32 series, with data for years 1956 - 1976 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2012-02-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Unit of measure (1 items: Persons ...) Geography (32 items: Outside Canada; Great Britain; France; Europe ...).

The SCIP project (“Causes and Consequences of Socio-Cultural Integration Processes among New Immigrants in Europe”) is the first comparative survey among new arrivals in four Europe countries: Germany, Great Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands. Its substantive focus is on socio-cultural integration trajectories. This aspect of migration has received increasing attention in public debate yet remains seriously under-researched. In particular, existing data cannot settle the question whether socio-cultural integration is a consequence or a prerequisite for migrants’ structural integration (e.g. in the labour market) – and whether, how and why groups might differ in this regard. By focusing on recent arrivals, the SCIP project studies a particularly dynamic phase of the entire integration process, thus laying the ground for the creation of a “European New Immigrant Panel” that matches the existing new immigrant surveys in classical immigration countries such as the USA.

In the SCIP project, two cross-national waves of survey data were collected among groups of new immigrants that vary along a number of dimensions, including religion (Catholics versus Muslims), social status (medium to high-skill versus low-skill migrants) and immigration status (EU citizens versus non-EU-citizens). In all four countries, recently arrived Poles were sampled, along with new immigrants from Turkey (Germany, Netherlands), Antilles (Netherlands), Bulgaria (Netherlands), Morocco (Netherlands), Suriname (Netherlands) and Pakistan (United Kingdom). In a mini-panel design, immigrants were interviewed 12 months maximum after their arrival (first wave) and one and a half years later (second wave).

To allow for comparisons across time, pre- and post-migration characteristics were collected. Further, questions were adopted from established survey instruments such as New Immigrant Survey, the European Social Survey, or the World Values Survey to facilitate broader comparisons.

The survey instrument was designed to cover a wide array of items including (1) standard demography and migration biography, (2) language and integration policies, (3) identity and exclusion, (4) religion, (5) social and (6) structural integration. In detail, the following information was collected:

Topics: 1. Language and integration policies: language skills und use, information on third languages, participation in integration classes 2. Identity and exclusion: cultural consumption and practices, identification / belonging, feelings of acceptance and percieved discrimination, satisfaction with the migration decision and the current situation, preceived compability of cultures and acculturation attitudes, information on politics and attitudes about democracy 3. Religion: religion, worship attendance and praying behaviour, religious practices, the composition of the place of worship as well as information on the religion of the partner 4. Social integration: bonding and bridging ethnic ties, social participation, core networks (strong ties) and the density of the social network 5. Structural integration: education, employment situation of the respondent and partner as well as information on remittances.

Demography and migration biography: sex; year of birth; country of birth; citizenship; currently working; family situation; stable relationship; household characterictis; migration biography and motives; migration biography and legal situation of the partner; living situation and composition of the neighborhood.

Additionally coded was: respondent-ID; mode of the interview; Panel wave; ethnic group; interviewer-ID; disposition-code; date and time of the interview; duration of the interview; proportion of missing values in case; contacted by interviewer, interview accomplished.

Interviewer rating: easy implementation of the interview (interviewer and respondent); attandance of third parties during the interview; person who has answered questions about the partner; attendance of the partner during the partner questions; problems finding the survey household; respondent´s cooperation; comments.

As of November 2021, Lombardy, in Northern Italy, was the region hosting the highest number of immigrants in reception centers, roughly eight thousand individuals, followed by Emilia-Romagna, and Piedmont. Reception centers host migrants who arrived in Italy irregularly whose stay in the country is still uncertain.

Many asylum seekers and minors reach Italy by sea. Data from 2020 show that the largest number of asylum applicants in Italy were from Pakistan. Also, many unaccompanied minors reached the Italian coasts in the last years. In 2018, Sudan recorded the largest percentage of unaccompanied and separated children who arrived in Italy by sea.

New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Pakistan data was reported at 174.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 99.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Pakistan data is updated monthly, averaging 33.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 192.000 Person in Nov 2023 and a record low of 1.000 Person in Apr 2020. New Zealand Migrant Arrival: Citizenship: Pakistan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G010: International Migration: Arrival: by Citizenship.

In 2023, Italy hosted 298,000 refugees. Since 1998, the number of refugees in Italy experienced an increase. This figure only refers to the total number of people whose refugee status has been recognized. In 2022, the number of asylum applications amounted to 84,000. However, data show that the majority of asylum applications submitted in Italy receive a negative response. Migration to Italy in the 1990s In the early 1990s, refugees from the Balkans and from North Africa represented the largest immigrants' groups to Italy. After the fall of Communism in Albania in 1990, migration flows from the country to Italy grew significantly. Indeed, nowadays, the Albanian residents in Italy represent the second-largest foreign population in the country. Similarly, Moroccans are among the largest foreign population in Italy. Migration to Italy in the last decade Nowadays, Middle-East and African countries are among the places of origin of most people receiving refugee status in Italy. More specifically, Nigerian and Pakistan were the three main nationalities of refugees in Italy in 2019. Similarly, people from Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Pakistan were those receiving the largest number of humanitarian protection in the country.

New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Pakistan data was reported at 9.000 Person in Feb 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 9.000 Person for Jan 2025. New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Pakistan data is updated monthly, averaging 6.000 Person from Jan 2001 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 290 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.000 Person in Jan 2020 and a record low of 0.000 Person in Jun 2020. New Zealand Migrant Departure: Citizenship: Pakistan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.G011: International Migration: Departure: by Citizenship.

In 2023, Bangladeshi citizens submitted the largest number of asylum applications in Italy. More specifically, they forwarded around 23,450 requests, 17 percent of the total requests. Furthermore, about 18,300 applicants were from Pakistan, the second most common nationality among asylum seekers in 2023. The total number of applications added up to 135,820. The most recent data on arrivals of migrants in Italy show that Sub-Saharan Africa as well North Africa were some of the most common places of origins. In addition, Bangladesh, and Pakistan were also among the ten most frequent nationalities declared upon arrival.

As of 2024, Romanians were Italy's largest foreign population, with over one million Romanians living in Italy during the period considered. Albania and Morocco followed with 416,000 and 412,000 people, respectively. From a regional perspective, the Northern regions had the largest foreign population. Lombardy had some 1.1 million foreign residents, the largest in the country.