01-24-2015, 10:37 AM
The Yemeni-born grandchildren, great grandchildren...of Americans who migrated to Yemen are not themselves American immigrants in Yemen. They didn't migrate there, they're from Yemen.
Likewise, the American-born grandchildren and great children... of Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish, Chinese et all who migrated to the US generations ago are not themselves immigrants. They're Americans. Immigrants comprise about 15% of the U.S. population. The U.S. is home to more immigrants than anywhere else in the world (over 45 million of them), but immigrants make up a significantly higher percentage of the population in several other countries (Australia, Canada, UAE, Saudi Arabia...).
As for Yemen, it has a population of about 24,000,000. Immigrants make up about 1.3% of the population of Yemen, which means that there are around 315,000 immigrants living there. If 70,000 of them are Americans, that would equate to between 20 and 25% of the total immigrant population in Yemen being comprised of Americans.
The immigrant populations and percentages by country are part of the UN's International Migration Stock Report (last updated in 2013). http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/po...ndex.shtml
So, yeah, I still would be surprised if 70,000 Americans are currently living in Yemen, Mo. But, as I said, I acknowledge that it could be true.
Anyway, stilll no confirmation on the status of Mr. Yukawa and Mr. Goto. But, as Crash indicated, a tweet from IS insinuates that they've been executed and claims that the video has been sent to production.
In the meantime, Japanese citizens have been mocking the shit outta IS on Twitter with all kinds of memes and chops.
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Likewise, the American-born grandchildren and great children... of Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish, Chinese et all who migrated to the US generations ago are not themselves immigrants. They're Americans. Immigrants comprise about 15% of the U.S. population. The U.S. is home to more immigrants than anywhere else in the world (over 45 million of them), but immigrants make up a significantly higher percentage of the population in several other countries (Australia, Canada, UAE, Saudi Arabia...).
As for Yemen, it has a population of about 24,000,000. Immigrants make up about 1.3% of the population of Yemen, which means that there are around 315,000 immigrants living there. If 70,000 of them are Americans, that would equate to between 20 and 25% of the total immigrant population in Yemen being comprised of Americans.
The immigrant populations and percentages by country are part of the UN's International Migration Stock Report (last updated in 2013). http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/po...ndex.shtml
So, yeah, I still would be surprised if 70,000 Americans are currently living in Yemen, Mo. But, as I said, I acknowledge that it could be true.
Anyway, stilll no confirmation on the status of Mr. Yukawa and Mr. Goto. But, as Crash indicated, a tweet from IS insinuates that they've been executed and claims that the video has been sent to production.
In the meantime, Japanese citizens have been mocking the shit outta IS on Twitter with all kinds of memes and chops.