“For many migrants, it pays off, ” says Néstor Rodríguez, a sociologist at the University of Texas, Austin.

"对于很多偷渡者, 这得到了回报," 一位在奥斯丁的得克萨斯大学的社会学家Néstor Rodríguez说.

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And yet for many younger migrants, life in the city is a choice - one they are not ready to give up in order to have a family.

而对许多年轻的农民工来说，在城市生活是一个选择——他们一直期望在城市里安家。

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Spring is a fantastic time for birding as many seasonal migrants return and nesting season begins.

春季是观鸟的绝佳时候，因为很多季节性的候鸟飞回来了，鸟儿营巢的季节也开始了。

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Giving evidence to the EU Sub-Committee on Home Affairs as part of an inquiry into EU migration policies, he said it was more important to "tackle the governance of migration rather than settle on a fixed number for how many migrants there should be".

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Like the student's family, at least two of the accused are from impoverished villages in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, and source for many of the thousands of migrants who come to Delhi every year hoping for a better life - the same journey her father made nearly 30 years ago.

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Indians have been granted over three times as many visas for highly skilled migrants as any other nationality since the Home Office invented the category in 2002.

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