In some islands and countries, the South Asian migrants now constitute between 10 to 50 percent of the population.

The low rents and willingness of landlords to accept foreign tenants has attached Korean and other Asian migrants to the area.

Descendants of ancient Asian migrants reached what is now Argentina some 8,000 years ago; these were the ancestors of the Indians.

East and South Asian migrants arrived during the economic boom of the early 20th century.

Komagata Maru, a merchant ship carrying Asian migrants that was denied entry to Canada in 1914.

The post-war period also saw the first South Asian migrants moving to the area.

Chinatown in Adelaide began to grow in the 1970s and 1980s with the influx of Asian migrants particularly from Vietnam.

Many were European or Asian migrants seeking fortune on the goldfields.

While this ratio dropped for European migrants in the nineteenth century, it remained high for Asian migrants.

Assuming a medium level projection a further 250,000 Asian migrants are expected between 2006 and 2026.