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HUNGARY

Major countries of destination of migrants from Hungary are
Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Romania, and the United States.

Top Five Countries of Origin of the Foreign-Born Population Living in Hungary in 2001

Countries of birth	Number	Percent of total foreign-born population
Romania	143,727	49.1
Slovakia	37,439	12.8
Serbia and Montenegro	27,388	9.3
Ukraine	23,835	8.1
Germany	10,173	3.5
All other countries	50,369	17.2
TOTAL	292,931	100.0

According to UN Population Division estimates, the foreign born represented 3.1 percent (316,209) of the total population of Hungary in 2005.

For more data details, go to the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty:
http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html

Migration Information Source:
Hungary country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/hungary.cfm

Hungary's Resources:
Hungarian Central Statistical Office: http://portal.ksh.hu/portal/page?_pageid=38,119919&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL