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Migration from Muslim-Majority Countries: A Tale of Two Patterns

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  • Shafei Gu

    (University of Hong Kong)

  • Eric Fong

    (University of Hong Kong)

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This paper discusses the global Muslim migration patterns from Muslim-majority countries. The data for the analysis come from the United Nations international migrant stock estimates in 2010 and 2015 provided by Azose and Raftery (Proc Nat Acad Sci 116(1):116–22, 2019) merged with other major datasets. The findings reveal two patterns of migration from Muslim-majority countries. First, there may be two streams of Muslim migration. The flow of migration from Muslim-majority countries to Muslim-majority countries is different from the flow from Muslim-majority countries to non-Muslim-majority countries. Second, the characteristics of the receiving country are less likely related to the Muslim migration flow than the characteristics of the sending country.

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  • Shafei Gu & Eric Fong, 2022. "Migration from Muslim-Majority Countries: A Tale of Two Patterns," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 41(4), pages 1853-1872, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:poprpr:v:41:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s11113-022-09700-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11113-022-09700-y
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