Going where the work is

In this week's 6 Minute English, Rob and Jennifer talk about why people move around the world to find work. These people are known as global migrants.

Some 214 million people are international migrants, living in a different country from the one in which they were born. There are plenty with high-level skills who end up working for at least part of their careers outside their home country.

Some take work they are overqualified for, because it still pays better than what is available at home. This has led to a brain drain from some developing countries.

Find out what this means as well as some other vocabulary associated with migration.

This week's question:
According to figures from the United Nations, which one of these countries has the largest number of immigrants as a percentage of its national population? Is it:
    a) United States of America
    b) Qatar
    c) Turkey
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
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Vocabulary

global migration

emigrate

economic migrants

a brain drain

qualified

overqualified

remittances

to

uproot

a working visa

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