(ANSA) - Rome, October 16 - There are currently an estimated
244 million international migrants, 40% more than in the year
2000, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told a
ceremony for World Food Day on Monday.
A large share of these migrants come from rural areas where
more than three quarters of the world's poor depend on
agriculture and natural resource-based livelihoods, according to
the Rome-based UN food agency.
Da Silva said that the number of internally displaced people
had reached 740 million.
Over 240 mn migrants around world - FAO (2)
Up by more than 40% since 2000 says head of UN food agency