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Volume 15, Number 11—November 2009
Perspective

Population Mobility, Globalization, and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance

Douglas W. MacPhersonComments to Author , Brian D. Gushulak, William B. Baine, Shukal Bala, Paul O. Gubbins, Paul Holtom, and Marisel Segarra-Newnham
Author affiliations: Migration Health Consultants Inc., Cheltenham, Ontario, Canada (D.W. MacPherson); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (D.W. MacPherson); Migration Health Consultants Inc., Singapore (B.D. Gushulak); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA (W.B. Baine); Food and Drug Administration, Rockville (S. Bala); University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (P.O. Gubbins); Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA (P. Holtom); Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA (M. Segarra-Newnham)

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Global estimates of annual migrant populations

Administrative category Population estimates and year Reference
Refugees 16 million in 2007 (18)
Asylum seekers or refugee claimants 650,000 in 2007 (18)
Internally displaced persons 51 million in 2007, includes those displaced by natural disasters and conflict (18)
Temporary (recreational or business travel) movement 924 million in 2008 (19)
Regular immigrants Annual flow of 2.4 million, reported in 2005 (from a stock of 200 million immigrants worldwide) (20)
International students 2.1 million in 2003 (21)
Migrant workers 81–86 million in 2005 (22)
Trafficked (across international borders) persons Estimated 800,000 in 2006 (23)
Domestic arrivals, by air Estimated 900 million in 2007 (24)

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