GLOBAL MIGRATION

Cambridge Dictionary - a situation in which people go to live in foreign countries, especially in order to
find work.
“Global Migration” Moving from one place to another is a protected Human Right. The freedom to move is
so precious that it is a protected human right.
“Emigrants” Emigrants, when a person freely chooses to move to another place. It might be temporary or
permanent. Often move to resettle as a family, to fulfil a job placement, or as a reprieve from situations of
injustice and war.
“Transportation” is one of the examples of how migration can take drastically different forms.
MIGRATION -means crossing the boundary of political or administration unit for a certain minimum
period -It refers to the movement from one region or country. MAJORTYPES OF MIGRATION Internal
Migration Refers to the movement from one area (a province, district or municipality) to another within
a country. It spans great distances and bring together very different people. International Migration is a
term used to refer to change of usual residence between nations.

Categories of International Migrants

1. Temporary Labor Migrants – (also known as guest workers or overseas contract workers).This
refers to men and women who migrate for a limited period in order to take up employment and
send money home.
2. Highly skilled and Business Migrants – people with qualifications as managers, executives,
professionals, technicians or similar, who move within internal labor markets of transnational
corporations and international organizations or who seek employment through international
labor markets for scarce skills.
3. Irregular Migrants – (also known as undocumented or illegal migrants)These are the people who
enter a country, usually in search of employments, without the necessary documents and
permits.
4. Refugees – is a person residing outside his or her country of nationality, who is unable or
unwilling to return because of a “well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion,
nationality, membership in a particular social or political opinion
5. Asylum seekers – people who move across borders in search of protection, but who may not
fulfill the strict criteria lay down by the 1951 Convention.
6. Forced Migration – this includes not only refugees and asylum seekers but also people forced to
move by environmental catastrophes or development projects.
7. Family Members – (also known as family reunion or family reunification migrants).This refers to
migration to join people who have already entered in immigration country under one of the
above categories.
8. Return Migrants – these are the people who return to their countries of origin after a long
period in another country. They are often looked favorably as they may bring with them capital,
skills, and experience useful for economic development.

CAUSES OF MIGRATION
The following are the CAUSES OF MIGRATION:

Disparity of income, employment , and social well-being Differences on demographic patterns with
regards to fertility Rapid increase in cross-border flows A catastrophe (such as war or environmental
degradation) Migrations may lead to international communicative networks, which affect economic
relations, social and political institutions. • International migration is an integral part of globalization. •
The key tool is modern communication technology, including internet, improved telephone connection
and cheap air travel.

GLOBAL MIGRATION
Most global migration is from developing countries to developed ones. Global migration can be understood as
a cause and effect relationship, though the causes are just as numerous as their effects. People move across
international borders for a variety of reasons Why do people move? is a situation in which people go to live in
foreign countries, especially to find work.

Why do people move?

 ECONOMIC REASONS Lack of employment opportunities or differentials in employment
opportunities and wages; the lure of a well-paid job in a wealthy country is a powerful driver of international
migration. Lack of educational institutions across developing countries has also tremendously contributed to
the reasons for migration.
 POLITICAL REASONS The unattractiveness of agricultural activities, disasters, lack of basic
amenities (roads, electricity, portable water, and inadequate health care facilities) and industrial ventures in
countries have also encouraged international migration
 SOCIAL FACTORS Socially factors are things that affect someone's lifestyle. These could include
wealth, religion, buying habits, education level, family size and structure and population density.
 CULTURAL FACTORS The idea of culture is vital to understanding the implications for translation
and, despite the differences of opinion as to whether language is a part of culture or not, the two are connected.
Culture range from syntax, ideologies, religion, language and dialect, to art and literacy.
 PUSH-PULL FACTOR In geographical terms, the push-pull factors are those that drive people
away from a place and draw people to a new location. A combination of push-pull factors helps determine
migration or immigration of particular populations from one land to another. Push Factors: Reasons to Leave
Factors that help migrants decide to leave their home. Pull Factors: Reasons to Migrate Factors that attract
people and area where immigrants are going.

Migration affects both the place of origin and the place of destination on the various aspects such as
environmental aspects, economic aspects, health and social aspects.
• Environmental aspects: Migration of people has the direct effect on both, the place of origin
and the place of destination. Problems like settlement, over-exploitation of resources, and the
pollution of different kinds will be visible.
• Economic aspects: The consequence on the place of origin will be a loss of economically
active groups of the population
• Health and social aspect: The places of destination are normally those places where facilities
are made available to a limited extent so as to fulfill the needs of the native dwellers.
However, the places overcrowd with the constant flow of migrants, and facilities and other needs become
insufficient.
OFW
An Overseas Filipino Worker (Filipino: Pilipino sa Ibayong-dagat) is a person of Filipino origin who
lives outside the Philippines.
This term applies to Filipinos who are abroad indefinitely as citizens or as permanent residents of a
different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad for a limited, definite period, such as on a work
contract or as students. OFWs The life of "OFW" is not easy, they work to foreign country and
sacrifice. They go and find a job there, so that they will be able to earn money to support the daily
needs and give a better future to their family left here in the Philippines.