Big Bioethical Implications of Globalisation Delphi Questionnaire GLOBAL HUMAN MOBILITY CLICK ON  EACH STATEMENT IN ORDER TO EVALUATE IT B1 The concept of "belonging" to a particular state will erode among a growing number of people with continuing transnational ties. A global civil society (e.g., athletes, campaigners, musicians, religious believers, managers, aid-workers, teleworkers, medical doctors, scientists, journalists, academics, members of NGOs) play a more and more dominant role in the world scenario. B2 Legal and illegal migrants now account for more than 15 percent of the population in more than 50 countries. These numbers will grow substantially and will increase social and political tension and alter national identities. B3 Emigration increasingly will deprive low-income sending countries of their educated elites. An estimated 1.5 million skilled expatriates from developing countries already are employed in high-income countries. This brain drain from low-income to high-income countries intensifies. B4 International tourism will increase and it will exacerbate social divisions and will increase environmental degradation by disrupting traditional land management. B5 Today the healthcare industry estimates that several thousand foreign patients are treated in private hospitals each year in India and Thailand. Medical Tourism (people seeking care out of their national border) will become one of the most important economic drivers in emerging economies (India, China, Thailand, etc).