On the average, there are 100,000-180,000 Chinese people who migrated abroad a year from 1978
to 1995. Among them the illegal migrants accounts for about 20%. The illegal migration can be
divided into two kinds, the illegally cross the national border migrants and the illegally staying in a
foreign country migrants. The former numbers 80,000-100,000 annually. The ratio of success is
20-40% and there are 20,000 people who could really achieve their aimed destinations. The Chinese
illegally staying migrants are mainly distributed in the developed countries. The migrants who
illegally staying a foreign country account 5-20% of the total local Oversea Chinese and its average
annual rate of growth is 20%. Among the migrants who illegally cross the Western Pacifica Ocean,
the people going to North America account for 68%.