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Table 9.2: Estimated numbers of irregular migrants <strong>and</strong> persons smuggled<br />

Irregular<br />

migrants<br />

Smuggled<br />

migrants<br />

Origin Destination<br />

Residing in…<br />

Irregular<br />

migrants<br />

Smuggled<br />

migrants<br />

Brunei Darussalam - - - Unknown Unknown Unknown<br />

Cambodia<br />

Indonesia<br />

Lao People’s<br />

Democratic Republic<br />

120,000 to<br />

180,000<br />

Several<br />

million<br />

Unknown Thail<strong>and</strong> - - -<br />

Unknown Malaysia - - -<br />

110,854 44,000 Thail<strong>and</strong> - - -<br />

Malaysia - - - 3–5 million Unknown<br />

Myanmar 470,000+<br />

Up to 90% of all<br />

irregular migrants<br />

Philippines 765,000 Unknown<br />

Bangladesh, Pakistan, India,<br />

Malaysia, Thail<strong>and</strong><br />

Malaysia, United States,<br />

Singapore, China (Hong Kong),<br />

United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia,<br />

United Arab Emirates<br />

- - -<br />

- - -<br />

From…<br />

Indonesia, Bangladesh,<br />

Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao<br />

People’s Democratic Republic,<br />

Philippines, Sri Lanka <strong>and</strong> Viet<br />

Nam<br />

Singapore - - - Unknown Unknown Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar<br />

Thail<strong>and</strong> - - -<br />

2,500,000–<br />

3,000,000<br />

Up to 80% of all<br />

irregular migrants<br />

Timor-Leste Unknown Unknown Unknown - - -<br />

Viet Nam Unknown Unknown<br />

France, Germany, United<br />

Kingdom, Sweden, Czech<br />

Republic, United States<br />

- - -<br />

Cambodia, Lao People’s<br />

Democratic Republic, Myanmar<br />

Source: Summary of UNODC data contained in UNODC, 2015:57–59.<br />

Note: The UNODC research team compiled the data based on returned surveys from participating countries (see UNODC (2015)), pp. 4–10).<br />

<strong>Migrant</strong> <strong>Smuggling</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Research</strong>:<br />

A global review of the emerging evidence base<br />

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