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Table 1.4 Egyptian citizens residing abroad (2000)

‘Temporary’ migration ‘Permanent’ migration

Bahrain 4,000 australia 70,000

iraq 65,629 austria 14,000

Jordan 226,850 Canada 110,000

Kuwait 19 0, 550 uK 35,000

Lebanon 12 , 50 0 france 36,000

Libya 332,600 germany 25,000

oman 15,000 greece 60,000

Qatar 25,000 netherlands 40,000

saudi arabia 923,600 italy 90,000

uae 95,000 spain 12,000

Yemen 22,000 switzerland 14,000

united states 318,000

tot al 1,912,729 tot al 824,000

source: CaPMas (2000, 2001) in fargues (2005: 109)

Figure 1.3 Comparison between numbers of migrants counted by origin
and destination countries

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

Morocco

(2004)

Algeria

(1995)

Tunisia

(2003)

Egypt

(2000)

Turkey

(2002)

Number of migrants

Destination

Origin

Source: Fargues (2005)

1.4.2 The evolution of migrant populations

Figure 1.4 displays the evolution of the total number of Turkish, Egyptian
and Moroccan nationals living abroad, irrespective of destination country.
It shows a quite steady increase for Turks and Moroccans, and a somewhat
more erratic increase for the Egyptians, following the unstable immigration