- 3 percent of the global population—more than 200 million people—live outside their country of birth
- Uncounted millions more have moved, or been moved, within their home borders.
- A great deal of this movement is forced, either by economic pressures or, increasingly, by damage to the environment or human conflict—both of which are exacerbated by rapid population growth.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/crowding-planet-text
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