Diaspora and development: Immigrants are economically invigorating
Living in Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, you might have heard and wondered what the term "diaspora" refers to. It's defined as “the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland.” Globally, 3 percent of the population (about 150 million people) is made up of migrants, and one out of every 10 people living in a developed country is a migrant.
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