SPECIAL EDITION: WORLD on the MOVE : ASIA
* The number of immigrant workers from Asian countries is estimated at more than 5 million worldwide, with most going to the Middle East, the newly industrialized counties of Southeast Asia and the industrial Far East.
* More than 880,000 boat people have migrated through Hong Kong since 1977, with more than 70% of them winding up in North America.
* Based on projections of its economic growth over the next decade, Japan may need as many as 2.7 million foreign workers.
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