WASHINGTON More than 100 million people from across the
world, including 13 million from Nigeria, would like to move permanently to
the United States,
which remains the most popular global destination, according to a latest
opinion poll. The UK,
Canada, and France also
rank among the top choices for potential migrants.
Potential migrants who would like to move to the US are logically the most likely to come from
some of the most populous countries in the world, the Gallup poll said.
The poll said that 19 million Chinese would like to move to
the US, followed by 13
million from Nigeria, 10
million from India and six
million each from Brazil and
Bangladesh.
However, other populous countries such as Iran and Pakistan
do not have large groups of people who say that they would like to move to the US
permanently.
Instead, Pakistanis most desire to relocate to Saudi Arabia and the UK,
and Iranians would prefer to move to Jordan
or Lebanon. This is not surprising, as
Iranians and Pakistanis have some of the lowest US leadership approval ratings in
the world.
Gallup said the percentage of
people in each country, who would like to move to the US permanently is perhaps more
interesting.
A staggering 37 per cent of Liberians say that they would
like to relocate to the US
permanently. One in four adults
or more in Sierra Leone, the
Dominican Republic, and Haiti would also like to move to the US
permanently.
Three countries with the highest percentages of people who
would like to relocate to the US
permanently are in Africa, seven are in Central America and the Caribbean, with
the remaining country, Cambodia,
in Asia.
Gallup
said about 13 per cent of the world's adults -- or about 630 million people --
say they would like to leave their country and move somewhere else permanently.
For roughly 138 million people,
that somewhere else would be the US -- the number one desired
destination for potential migrants, the poll said.
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