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03/05/2008: "Immigration creates population explosion"

The number of international migrants is at an all-time high. There were 191 million migrants in 2005, which means that 3 percent of the world's people left their country of birth or citizenship for a year
or more. The number of international migrants in industrialized countries more than doubled between 1985 and 2005, from almost 55 million to 120 million.

http://www.prb.org/bulletins/63.1migration.pdf

The world’s population reached 1 billion for the first time in 1830. It took 120 years to double to 2 billion, and just 30 years to reach 3 billion. The world’s population is now over 6 billion people.

Most of the 80 million extra each year are born in developing countries least able to support the added population. The demographic divide between the rich developed countries and the poor developing countries is reflected in vast disparities of living standards, health, and economic prospects.

http://growthmadness.org/2008/01/05/global-warming-and-malthusianism/

[ Industrialized nations have reigned in their populations, even while they were developing. New nations grow recklessly. They send immigrants to industrialized nations, which means they have no incentive to stop growing. The consequence of overpopulation is environmental destruction. When does the madness end? ]