South-to-north migration since 1960: the view from the north

"Using statistics on migration flows by country of origin gathered by three of the traditional countries of immigration (Australia, Canada and the United States of America) and five European countries (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), this paper analyses trends in migration from developing to developed countries, the so-called 'South-to-North' component of international migration. The data reveal that persons born in the developing world now constitute a majority of the immigrants admitted for resettlement by the traditional countries of immigration. In Europe, in contrast, migrants from developed countries still predominate in migrant inflows. However, during the 1980s, European countries generally gained population from the developing world, whereas they recorded only small or even negative net migration balances with respect to other developed countries."