The table below shows the number of temporary migrant worker in four countries in 2003 and 2006 and the number of these workers per 1,000 people in these countries in 2006. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given chart displays the amount of migrant

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in the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand in the years 2003 and 2006, and

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compares their numbers with the local population.

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, the

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of foreign employees increased in all four countries, during the given period.

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, America had the highest

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of migrant

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compared to that of New Zealand, which had the lowest in both years.

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, the United States had the highest

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of foreign

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, with 577,000 and 678,000, in 2003 and 2006 respectively. In the second spot was the UK, with 137,000 employees in 2003 and 266,000 in 2006. Not far behind, in third place, was Australia with roughly one hundred fifty thousand migrant

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in 2003.

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number

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increased by roughly a quarter to 219,000 in 2006. In the

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place was New Zealand with Less than one hundred thousand migrant

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in both years, but they have the highest proportion, with 21.1 per 1000 people.

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, America had the lowest with only 2.3 people per 1000.