1.   A German government-appointed commission said last summer that Germany needs tens of thousands of new migrants each year to supplement its aging, shrinking population.

2.   A government-appointed commission found in July that the country needs tens of thousands of new migrants each year to supplement its aging, shrinking population.

3.   A government-appointed commission said last month that Germany needs tens of thousands of new migrants each year to supplement its aging, shrinking population.

4.   A dramatic increase in illegal Ecuadorean migrants this year has forced Mexican authorities to stop deporting them by plane and begin chartering boats to send them back by sea.

5.   Last year, a government-appointed commission found that Germany needs tens of thousands of new migrants each year to supplement its aging, shrinking population.

6.   Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have attracted thousands of illegal migrants each year by sea, most of them Dominican.