The trends on the intraregional migration is increasing. During the 1960 and 1970 there were only 700,000 intraregional migration alongside many more from other part of the world. However, during 1980 the number of intraregional migrants in ASEAN began to outnumber. After 1990, the number of intraregional migrant in ASEAN rose much quicker than before, and by 2013 they were estimated to have reached 6.8 million. About two third of ASEAN’s migrants today are from within the region itself.