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Johannesburg deals with the largest influx of migrants in South Africa and has responded by setting up a help desk to aid those who have made the city their home. It aims to aid migrants on how to access government services, get information on economic opportunities, social networking, counseling, legal advice, and shelter.

A new study by a South African think tank, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE), claims that the most effective way of alleviating the nation's critical skills shortage is to recruit from abroad.

The growing number of Filipino women working abroad has helped to reduce population growth in the Philippines, a senior official said recently.

"If one partner is working overseas, it is possible that couples are practicing longer birth spacing. I think this is happening now," said Tomas Osias, executive director of the Commission on Population.

According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, immigration to the country has dropped significantly since the early 1990s. The number if immigrants dropped 9% in 2006 from the previous year.

According to a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 35 million Chinese are living overseas, making them the largest migrant group in the world.

Approximately $900 million (USD) in investment and a wide range of talented people have called Hong Kong their home through the region's immigration policies, according to the Immigration Department.