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==Immigration into Iran== | ==Immigration into Iran== | ||
*There were large '''Circassian''' migration waves towards mainland Iran as the Circassians were displaced from the Caucasus in the 19th century. | |||
*A '''Black African''' population exists due to '''historical slavery'''. | |||
*A substantial number of '''Russians''' arrived in the early 20th century as '''refugees from the Russian revolution''', but their number has dwindled following the Iran crisis of 1946 and the Iranian Revolution. | |||
*In the 20th to 21st centuries, there has been limited immigration to Iran from '''Turkey, Iraqis '''(especially huge numbers during the 1970s), '''Afghanistan''' (mostly arriving as refugees in 1978), '''Lebanese''' (especially in Qom, though a Lebanese community has been present in the nation for centuries), '''Indians''' (mostly arriving temporarily during the 1950s to 1970s, typically working as doctors, engineers, and teachers), '''Koreans''' (mostly in the 1970s as labour migrants), '''China''' (mostly since the 2000s working in engineering or business projects), and '''Pakistan''', partly due to labour migrants and partly to Balochi ties across the Iranian-Pakistani border. | |||
*About 200,000 '''Iraqis''' arrived as '''refugees''' in 2003, mostly living in refugee camps near the border; an unknown number of these has since returned to Iraq.<ref>"Ethnicities in Iran: Recent Migration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicities_in_Iran#Recent_immigration, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Iran== | ==Emigration From Iran== | ||
According to various sources, in 2010, there were an estimated between 2 to 3 million Iranians living abroad, mostly in '''North America, Europe, Persian Gulf States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.''' Others estimate a lower number, of around 1.5 million or less. For the most part, they emigrated '''after the Iranian Revolution in 1979'''. On 21 of February 2021 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran) published new statistics showing that 4,037,258 Iranians are currently living abroad according to their data.<br> | According to various sources, in 2010, there were an estimated between 2 to 3 million Iranians living abroad, mostly in '''North America, Europe, Persian Gulf States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.''' Others estimate a lower number, of around 1.5 million or less. For the most part, they emigrated '''after the Iranian Revolution in 1979'''. On 21 of February 2021 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran) published new statistics showing that 4,037,258 Iranians are currently living abroad according to their data.<br> | ||