Virus halves migration to OECD states in Jan.-June, record-high fall

Migration to OECD member states nearly halved in the first half of 2020 from a year earlier, marking the biggest fall on record due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Paris-based organization said in a recent report.Amid restrictions on international travel imposed by many countries to curb the virus spread, the number of new issuances of visas and permits for immigrants by the 37 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member nations dropped 46 percent in the January-June period from a year earlier, the report said.Japan and South Korea, which also temporarily invalidated…READ FULL ARTICLE