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"....190 million people (roughly 3% of the world's population) lives outside their country of birth in 2005....India Net Inflow of Migrants 2002-2005 -270,000 / Money sent home by migrants (in USD) $26.90 billion..."

1/Jan/2005-7/May/2010 Results: 4 articles "Towards a smarter, fairer future....[May 2007 11] Providing technology is also part of the equation. The "One Laptop per Child" project is a dramatic example of a simple but far-reaching initiative."" "Migration, globalisation and gender....[May-June2008] Links to: http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37415_1_1_1_1_37415,00.html

"Why should we care? Because immigrants are critical to the country's long-term economic health. Despite the fact that they constitute only 12% of the U.S. population, immigrants have started 52% of Silicon Valley's technology companies and contributed to more than 25% of our global patents. They make up 24% of the U.S. science and engineering workforce holding bachelor's degrees and 47% of science and engineering workers who have PhDs. Immigrants have co-founded firms such as Google (GOOG), Intel (INTC), eBay (EBAY), and Yahoo! (YHOO). "

Via Digg Source: Department of Homeland Security "This is a look at the 20 countries from which the most people came to America in 2008, how many immigrants already had family here, and how many received asylum when they arrived on our shores."