The Pew Research Center (PRC) has released new analytics on the religious makeup of the world’s migrants. Nearly half of the estimated 280 million people migrants are Christians. In contrast, Hindu migrants make up only 5%, mainly choosing to stay in their countries of birth. Muslims accounted for 29% of migrants, Buddhists represented 4%, and Jews were just 1%. Religiously unaffiliated accounted for around 13% of the world’s migrants.
According to the study, “Hindus are starkly underrepresented among international migrants (5%) compared with their share of the global population (15%). India is both the most common country of origin and the top destination for Hindu migrants.”
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