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Washington: Some 10
million Indians say they would like to leave their country and
move to the US permanently -- the No. 1 desired destination for
potential migrants around the world, according to a new poll.
They are among 138 million people, making up about 13 percent of
the world's adults -- or about 630 million people - who want to
make the US their new home, according to the Gallup survey of over
half a million adults in 154 countries between 2010 and 2012.
The Britain (42 million), Canada (37 million), and France (10
million) also rank among the top choices for potential migrants.
The 154 countries represent more than 98 percent of the world's
adult population; 3 percent of that population would like to
relocate to the US permanently.
Indians form the third largest group of people after China (19
million) and Nigeria (13million) who would like to move to the US
permanently, the Gallup said noting potential migrants are
logically the most likely to come from some of the most populous
countries in the world.
However, other populous countries such as Iran and Pakistan do not
have large groups of people who say that they would like to move
to the US permanently.
Instead, Pakistanis most desire to relocate to Saudi Arabia and
Britain and Iranians would prefer to move to Jordan or Lebanon.
This is not surprising, as Iranians and Pakistanis have some of
the lowest US leadership approval ratings in the world, Gallup
said.
Three countries with the highest percentages of people who would
like to relocate to the US permanently are in Africa, seven are in
Central America and the Caribbean, with the remaining country,
Cambodia, in Asia.
The US remains the most popular destination in the world for
potential migrants, the opinion poll agency said likely because of
economic opportunities in the country and the established networks
of potential migrants.
In addition, the US again tied with Germany in 2012 as the country
with the highest leadership approval ratings in the world, but
when it comes to a desired place to live permanently, no other
country compares with the US, it said.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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