Where Do Migrants Actually Move? 

"Don't waste time using other Canadian dollar alternatives" 😂

USA Citizenship Test: "What will be your demonym if you migrated into the U.S.A." *South Americans all start sweating*

As a german I guarantee you that the people answering the survey around 8:20 thought of refugees more then immigrants who came through official channels. Of course there is a split sentiment on immigrants as well, tho it I'd estimate it to be more equal. On that note I just have to quote one of my relatives "those Syrians and Africans are nothing like our good old Turks!" which I found rather funny.

When he talked about the British prime minister, I honestly had no clue who currently held that position and how he/she looks like. I was about to do a google search and then I thought: "Don't bother, tomorrow it's going to be someone else".

12:35 - "We generally use voluntary immigration" Words to live by

It would be interesting to separate those countries by the occupations or income of those immigrants. I suspect some countries are singling out skilled or wealthy workers much more so than others, and this can affect sentiments towards immigrants.

I think the biggest reason many people dislike/hate large scale immigration is mainly cultural. Major immigration can bring big benefits economically, but it tends to drive social tensions through the roof, especially if the immigrants show little interest in assimilating to the native culture. In the US, it seems that most new arrivals are willing or even eager to become Americans, but that isn't always the case. Europe seems to struggle quite a bit more than Anglo countries on this issue. I think this stuff mainly stems from huge cultural gaps and historic conflict between civilizations, particularly the West vs Islam, or India vs Islam. Ofc, there are also the bona fide racists, who would hate immigrants whether there were 6 or 6 million of them in a given country, but there aren't that many of them overall

I am Chilean, and here in Chile the problem of illegal immigration is brutal. In the last 5 years we have received more than 2 million immigrants, which represents 10% of the country's population (20 million). Most of the immigrants that arrive in Chile are Venezuelans, Colombians and Haitians...

7:21 “acording to this thing I should you earlier,France,Germany,Denmark and Sweden are not near to the top” Sweden in rank 8: am I a joke to you?

Great video, very informative 😃👍

Love ibx2xat's clever quip with working age graph "is the average valuable lifespan apparently you're Austrian". I'd say Peruvian instead as theirs is a vertical red-white-red tricolour? ;)

i def think it’s a mix of the two. rich countries are attractive to immigrants which in turn help make it richer. many value making a better life for themselves which then benefits the country.

As someone who's indifferent on migration the conclusion I've come to see it as both a pro/con. It helps local small businesses stay afloat but in turn can lead to wage suppression for local workers. I think countries need to be more strategic/clever with migration. So it help improves everyone's quality of life ideally.

Controversial take: Capitalists and modern leftists benefit from immigration. Both for ideological reasons but the former for cheap labour and the latter for a voter base. The ones largely harmed by immigration are low to middle income and uneducated working class people. Class analysis brought to you by some random guy.

That zoom into the Balkans for "big burden" 😂

0:55 that zoom in was funnier than it should've been

So this is a thing that's interesting between Scotland and England too. Not uncommon for people who grew up in Scotland to move down south for most of their career then come back when they've a growing family and to retire, N.I. to Scotland/England same thing too. I don't think deliberately but the budgets do end up balancing for this a bit so it works out re healthcare and schooling costs. UK has the opposite relationship in general with Ireland, and the US (you mentioned this). And people from Aus or NZ do the same the other way around often (move to UK or US in 20s/30s for a bit. Or from NZ to Aus.). Everyone is better off for it of course. There are other high income migrant issues too, still think it's not a problem myself, but there are cases of e.g. wealthy Silicon Valley tech engineers moving for an easy job here and not caring about pushing the salary up and not needing training provided, thereby watering down the leverage of everyone else and other skills growth here, because they are already rich comparatively and don't need it. Other side of the scale, I've heard from Bangladeshis that it's now harder to buy some traditional things there, food ingredients etc, because the migrant community here has so much more purchasing power! Just such an interesting topic I wish it was easier to discuss without hate and ignorance being involved.

btw, Are Mexicans United Mexican Statsians? It is, after all officially the United Mexican States. If they can choose the smaller name Mexico (as opposed I suppose to Mexican) then why can't the United States of America shorten it to America? All they are both doing is taking out "United" and "States". (Yes, I know there are other Americans. Interestingly, the Mexicans and Canadians don't mind us being called Norteamericanos. What? Are the Mexicans and Canadians NOT North Americans? How shameful to speak with such derision of the Great White North and El ombligo de la luna.)

Thanks for this video. It's very interesting. 😃

"Children are ugly" Finally, someone telling the truth! That's why I'll never unsubscribe

Please feel free to zoom in on Leicester more often Toycat!

I’d assume they move forwards and sometimes side to side, like most humans.

Why isn't the Vatican on the percentage of population list? It should be really high on there 🤔

Great video

The pre-colonisation population of the US ranged between 4 and 17 million but probably around 7 million.

2:06 The term "United Statesians" has been proposed and used by some individuals and groups as an alternative demonym for people from the United States. However, it is difficult to pinpoint an exact starting date for its usage as it does not have widespread recognition or acceptance. The term has emerged as a linguistic attempt to distinguish individuals from the United States from the broader concept of "Americans" that can include people from the entire continent of North and South America. Nonetheless, it is worth noting that "American" remains the most commonly used and widely recognized demonym for people from the United States.

Could you do a video explaining what would happen when a country decides to add a another national language? For example if the UK decided to add Polish as it’s official 2nd national language alongside English, would it happen overnight? Would there be a nationwide vote on it like electing a new PM, who would decide these new changes etc… I think it’d be a really interesting topic Keep up the good work Andrew!

The level of migration in Colombia is absurd because we emigrate a lot and we receive a lot of refugees and now we're receiving gentrification from Foreign migrants who abuse the exchange rate.

"Canada isn't worth mentioning" period.

Bro really said AutoCAD is Canadian dollar 💀

Love the MS Paint graphics, very clearly says ‘second channel, don’t care’. 🤷‍♂️

Come May 25th net migration to the UK for 2022 is likely to be close to 1 MILLION and your life expectancy is closer to 85 then 100.

Wow! I didn't know my country of America was that popular! Everyone wants a slice of our capitalism.

7:21 Classic Chad move: best is single digit, worst triple, so of course they rank #9. 🤭

Love this channel. I was going to up my Patreon, but it jumps from $6 to $20. Could you add a $12 level, hmm... Kabob with a Side?

8:13 There is one simple answer to that question: War or power struggles in the middle eastern countries. Europe has housed millions of people fleeing from Syria's civil war, ISIS, the Taliban, the Kurdish struggles in southern Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, etc, etc. For example, a few years ago, during the height of the Syrian refugee crisis, Germany said they would accept 1 million extra refugees. A lot of people don't really know this, but most successful countries in Europe have strict immigration legislation. If you are a so-called "economic refugee", only coming to the country because you want to make a name for yourself, chances are pretty high that you aren't even allowed to live in a northwestern EU country. It's mostly about safety guarantees, not about money.

7:22 Correction: Sweden is clearly right there on the top 10 list. Number 8

14:41 " If you wanted to come here just to retire, you'd be a net burden to" Well, there фку people who have worked there whole life in pretty rich countries and move to slightly poorer countries with, say, better climate. Swedes often retire in Spain. This benafits the Spanish economy, because the Swedish seniors are spending foreign money on houses, cars, food etc. in the Spanish economy. They also pay taxes like VAT and property tax

Americans: "The official term for people from the USA is American". Latino Countries: "The official term for people from the USA is United Statesian". ToyCat: "The official term for people from the USA is United Statesians".

6:58 Migrating and Ancestry is a great subject, for example, I live in central Poland, but my great grandparents lived around the Lviv region, but at the time this was polish land and I think they also were Jewish... then well what should I call myself, A polish with a poli-ukraino-jewish ancestry? It doesn't make too much sense...

Honestly I’m surprised the US was that accepting given all I hear about illegal immigration these days.

I love when toycat does fast month in his head. Quite good. Nice to not hear someone complain about being bad at maths.

Yo ToyCat! One of your best videos so far. Sadly it's a very polemic topic so there's lots of bullshit in the comments section. Anyways, keep it up!

Wow I knew the USA was popular but I didn't know it was such overkill

I'd like for someone to explain to me, how is a person born in a specific country an immigrant to that country? How many generations need to pass in order for someone to be considered native? This is a reference to Sunak

Many of of the people usually considered migrants or "of migration background" in Europe are in the 2nd or 3rd generation. So people not born outside the country, but still with a distinct cultural identity from their family's origin.

i would define a migrant as someone born elsewhere. for example, i am of congolese descent, but born and raised in canada. i have a big attachment to both cultures but i was born here so i feel like my to claim canada is more legitimate. i have lots of friends whose parents immigrated here when they were little who still consider themselves immigrants despite being raised here from a young age.

0:33 Wow, what a total piece of bullcrap this map is :D This map is called "Immigrants", while in reality it should be called "Foreign nationals" If it were really counting "Immigrants", Brazil should also have 55+ million immigrants, but most of them already have a citizenship (because it's way easier to get a citizenship in Argentina, Brazil or Mexico than the USA), so it seems as if the US is the only place with tons of immigrants.

*front facing cellphone video in truck cab* ~Hey yall, I just wanna get this off my chest. I don't know about you all but I'm getting a little tired of SOME GROUPS coming over here into MY COUNTRY and speaking MY LANGUAGE and taking away MY RU-vid JOBS away from hard working AMERICAN RU-vidRS!!!! "No one wants those jobs!!!!! Like can you even imagine how terrible it must be being a RU-vidr! Some literally live in abject squalor like Las Vegas."

the brain drain that goes to the us every year is nuts. also I started working at 14. if people wait till they are 24 to start working they wont have shit for work ethic.

15:40 There are quite a bit of foreign people living in my city in Croatia so idk about this

Peru, Colombia, Ecuador before 2016: Red After 2016: Blue

Awesome clear Earth map...... how did you create it??

The funny thing about saying "United Statesian" is that that's what they're called in Spanish ("estadounidense": "estado" = "state", "unido" = "united", -ense = -ian)

Swede here. We have, as stadted, a LOT of imigration. However, most people do not dislike imigrants. Those people certainly exist, but I personally haven't met many, and imigrants make up a lot of the workforce (in just my group at work, which is about 40 people, I have people from libya, finland, iraq, montenegro and serbia). However, there is one thing most people agree on, no matter their views on imigrants as a whole: we are not able to deal with them in a good way (specifically talking about imigrants who have fled from wars or poorer countries like iraq, somalia etc). The application to become swedish takes way too long, and sometimes people who have lived here for years get kicked out because that's when their aplication was actually denied (almost happened to a classmate of mine a while back, and he already spoke the language fluently). There's simply too much for the state to handle sadly. We also handle them badly afterwards, placing many in the same places as others from their country, which sounds like a good idea, until you realize that makes it way less likely that they actually implement into our society, and a lot of people don't even know swedish after living here foe years.

funny how he seem to think that is a bad thing if a third wolrd country worker "take advantage" of a country who basically destroyed all tribal cultures on the wolrd and start a era of war, racism and hunger

do you have personalized ads turned on? I'm trying to analyze your psychology here through what ads u get (jk)

You got one thing really wrong. The person can't just change country, retire there and get the money from the new country. When someone retire and go to another country, they are just taking the money from there own country to spend in another one.

That graph doesn't really work unless the average life expectancy is a hundred years and different decades of your life vary in length....

bigger picture > smooth brain

I think a more realistic scenario for immigrants in Finland is that a whole family immigrates here from a poorer country, with the man working as a food delivery driver. Meanwhile the family collects unemployment and child care benefits etc. and uses the Finnish school system to educate their children, who will then move to a richer country to work in. Or the children don't do well in school and have trouble integrating into Finnish society, and cause trouble for others. Exceptions do exist, of course.

12:37 I would argue that the immigrant that moves over in their early 20s often doesn't know the language and doesn't have the same education, so they tend to do low paying jobs and do rather poor in integrating. The person born in the target country knows the culture from early on and is able to integrate much better. Otherwise the guest country would have to invest a lot into integration.

When you have very strong social security systems and very high unemployment among immigrants they are of course a drain on a country’s economy. Think most people have a problem with people coming to a country and not contributing. There’s of course also cultural issues, people generally have a higher acceptance of people with similar cultural values. The country’s now mostly negative (that formerly were positive) have issues like this. We do have a need of more young people in a lot of countries because of aging populations and low birth rates, but I think you do need to be more restrictive on uneducated immigrants that risk being a burden, instead an asset to your society.

he said two of the most oil filled countries 1:20

I feel good to be 2nd on this list.

I clicked this cuz I saw on the thumbnail people move TO western sahara.

1:51 The US numbers are skewered because it's total number of immigrants rather than as a percentage of the population or pr square km or some such. It's more comparable to look at total immigration into the whole of Europe vs the whole of the US then individual countries. Just looking at the countries in that list you see that the mentioned EU countries alone matches the US pretty closely, even if you ignore immigration into other European countries. 8:24 The thing is that in Germanic countries when we think of immigrants we tend to think about refugees. People we believe we have a *duty* to take in for cultural reasons but that often come from countries where they're on average not starting out as well equipped for a modern western economy as we are ourselves. And there's also a element of racism involved or at least a belief in our own cultural superiority... 10:35 It's scientifically proven that diversity causes a increase in creativity, including a increase in patents generated pr capita. It's not a *huge* number, but it's definitely there and statistically significant.

Popular opinion reflects reality (to an extent). In the US, immigrants are more economically productive than the native-born-in Germany, much less. Half of all users of German public unemployment insurance (job seekers money) don't have German citizenship. People notice these things.

I don't think the lack of acceptance of inmigration in europe is a economic thing, but a social one, like culture, crime...

A note that a plurality is not a majority.

Toycat: "united-statian" Me: instant subscribe

Saudi Arabia made sense, cuz it is the center of Islam. As an ex-Muslim kiddo back then, I fantasize of moving to Saudi, wanting to explore places I only hear in Islamic classes. So it made sense to me

For a country like USA it is beneficial to have immigrants as there is barely any social security so it doesnt really cost anything to get new low income people as tax payers. For a country like Sweden, Finland or Norway, it is very much not beneficial to have those same kind of people since the government pays and helps those people so much more, it will take forever to make a profit on those human resources... And that is just what people are at the end of the day, resources.

First Edit: Why am I doing this?

Doesn't Moscow still have the most billionaires?

Very edgy comment section, I have to say. How many people have actual real life expieriences and how many just get brainmelted online?

Interesting vid, mate. I have to question the poll on how citizens view immigration though. I've seen recent polls in the uk that show even leftists think there is too much immigration and most people are angry about the boat invaders which are costing the taxpayer billions a year to house in hotels. They even get special privileges like free dental care with uk citizens have to pay for. These majority 18-40 year old men(economic migrants) are causing a lot of resentment.

Different views obviously are influence by where migrants come from and why they move over.

Not Japan that’s for sure

Actually, your Peruvian between the ages of 21 and 66.

King Charles' dad is Greek, isn't he?

turkey has an insane migrant problem, so this map doesnt exactly do it justice granted i didnt watch the video yet

New Zealand 🇳🇿 has alot....

I think a lot of the data you show is hella sus. You should put the links of the references on the video's description so that people can verify your data. It's not that I am accusing you of deliberately showing false information, just that your sources may not be the best possible ones.

If you consider all of Europe together, it's way over 55 million

Toycat, I think you misunderstood the statistics about Russia. It shows people with CITIZENSHIP of other countries eg. Georgia, Kazakhstan etc. migrated to Russia. People who migrated during Soviet times and lived in Russia about 1991-1992 got Russian citizenship automatically. They are NOT migrants in a legal sense. On the other hand, people who come from former-USSR countries to Russia today are foreigners, and the statistics indicate only this group. Side note: the statistics does not take in to account their ETHNICITY. Some people are from the ethnically Russian diaspora. Most Kazakhstani citizens are, of course, ethnically Kazakh, but many aren't.

18:08 I live for these worlds, babys are hella ugly

Immigrants have a lot to gain. From low standards of living and low wage to a high standard living and a decent/high wage. The economic contributions made by immigrants is just a byproduct of their ambitions. Socially, It's understandable why some people may view it negatively, mainly refugees. They're typically unwilling to adapt to the country, specifically mannerisms resulting in a small amount of goonery. People really need to take notes from the saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". Westerners too are guilty of this. They're notorious for their goonery while abroad.

Instead of United Statians i think it's way better to say US Americans, much clearer, much closer to the typical fashion, much shorter, and just better sounding. Saying this as someone from Argentina.

2:50 russian shill moment

My man, this reminded me, here in croatia, three dats ago, on wendesday i think, a bunch of burundi teens went missing in the city of rijeka, it's a world champiobship in handball here in four cities for players age 19 and less, so the burundi team played one match and then ten of them went missing, i suspected why, but that 735 dollars a year leaves no question. As for the immigration alone, the thing is that we don't consider other eu citizens as immigration, and there's plenty of them, but also we don't make it easy for third countries, like the british, yanks or aussies as well as asians or africans, you can buy a property, buy a house or a flat, you still have to be out of the country after 90 days, and then you can stay another 90 in that year, you need a work permit and secured job here, or founding a company with at least three local employees to grant you a residency, not if you are an eu citizen tho. But none the less each year we have more and more workers imported from nepal, philipines, bangladesh, it started with tourism and services, but more and more i see them inland working in industry, ofc we employ a lot if bosnians, serbs and macedonians too, also albanians, but for years those markets are not enough, and that workforce is mostly seasonal. On the other hand the outer borders as they are the eu outer borders are heavily guarded for many years, we had to prove we can do it to be accepted into the schengen zone. So those numbers are far from accurate because they leave out entire groups of people, likewise that n.macedonian numbers are utter bollocks because macedonia, serbia and that entire group of countries are full of illegal migrants, like full to the brim because they are easy to enter fir them, having no visa requirement for a lot of countries, but difficult to exit thru croatia or hungary, but you don't see that in your numbers because they are not registerd at all or not as immigrants but refugees or illegals or something.

Terrible channel, I never watch it all the time. Lol Honestly, I really enjoy your analysis of geography statistics, pretty interesting to consider most immigrants come after high school and leave to retire rich in their home country. Does immigration lift all boats? Probably?

I would choose USA too

good video, even though i disagree, immigration needs to be halted for at least 10years.

United Statesian just feels awful. And if we have to use that. Let's call UK citizens -> United Kingdomians. Plus if it's the rest of the Americas that have a problem with "American" then all 35 nations can refer to themselves as "Americasian" We ought to call ourselves Washingtonians and then those in D.C. can call themselves Capitolites and those in Washington state call themselves Washingtonites

The US, UK and Canada, Australia has migration of well educated people looking for high paying wages. Germany mostly has migration from sh.hole countries in Africa and Middle East who are attracted by extremely high welfare and don’t care for the country and its people or rules. Without having worked one hour or learning our language you still can have an apartment, food, pocketmoney, electricity, heat, internet, healthcare all completely for free / paid by taxpayers without a time limit. Having multiple children ups your income. That’s why Germans are not the biggest fans of migrations. It’s a bad deal but anyone who criticizes is, is called a Nazi. That sword is still quite sharp over here.

There is 10 Million syrians in Turkey most pf thrm csmr to country by illegally

If any country got as many immigrants as the United States does they would see it as a burden too.

Well still think that is far better to come to live in macedonia or serbia ,croatia that moust of countries in Africa or Asia....

Estonian migrants are all Russian, and they actually have like 0 migrants from outside of Europe, while Finnish migrants are mainly refugees from middle eastern countries.