Gallup today released its latest findings on migration desires around the world -- both on Gallup.com at and the Global Forum on Migration and Development being held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Presenting at the event, Director of Research for Global Migration Neli Esipova shared research on the migration desires of nearly 350,000 adults interviewed by Gallup in 148 countries around the world. Building on the success of Gallup's Potential Net Migration Index, Esipova shared the inaugural results of Gallup's Potential Brain Gain Index and Potential Youth Migration Index, which show where the world's most educated people and young adults would migrate if they had the opportunity and how this could change populations worldwide. The findings suggest highly developed countries would see an influx of young people rather than educated people if migration desires became reality.
These two new indexes are the latest advancements in Gallup research aiming to provide leaders -- such as the ones at the Global Forum on Migration and Development -- with actionable intelligence about whether their countries are positioned to attract or lose human capital.
In addition to global results, Gallup's research on migration allows for an in-depth focus on domestic migration issues as well.
Gallup's Research Director for Latin America Jesus Rios also shared results at the Forum about the migration desires of the millions of Hispanics living in the U.S. based on Gallup's 2009 study of U.S. Hispanic population. The results show that about 15% of the U.S. Hispanic adult population would leave the U.S. permanently if they had the opportunity. These would-be migrants tend to be foreign-born or new migrants who are less integrated both culturally and economically, which has implications in the national debate about immigration reform in the United States.
Gallup's research on global migration is wide-ranging and also examines who wants to migratepermanently or temporarily for work or study, where, and why, and who is actively planning to leave their country.
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