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This document discusses global migration. It defines different types of migration like internal, international, immigrants, workers, and refugees. It notes that 247 million people live outside their country of birth, mostly moving for economic reasons. While migrants contribute significantly to GDP in destination countries, their home countries can experience "brain drain" from losing skilled citizens. The document also examines issues like remittances, human trafficking, and perspectives of people who want to reduce immigration. In conclusion, it states that global migration, like broader globalization, creates an uneven distribution of people worldwide.

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Global Migration - Powerpoint-1

This document discusses global migration. It defines different types of migration like internal, international, immigrants, workers, and refugees. It notes that 247 million people live outside their country of birth, mostly moving for economic reasons. While migrants contribute significantly to GDP in destination countries, their home countries can experience "brain drain" from losing skilled citizens. The document also examines issues like remittances, human trafficking, and perspectives of people who want to reduce immigration. In conclusion, it states that global migration, like broader globalization, creates an uneven distribution of people worldwide.

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GLOBAL MIGRATION

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:


1. identify the reasons for the migration of people;
2. explain why states regulate migration; and
3. discuss the effects of global migration on the economic well-being of states.
WHAT IS MIGRATION?

• It refers to the movement from one part of something


to another.
• Human migration refers to the movement of people
from one place to another with the intentions of
settling, permanently or temporarily at a new location
TYPES OF MIGRATION

Internal migration refers to people moving from one area to


another within one country
International migration refers to people who cross borders of
one country to another.
TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

1. Immigrants
2. Workers
3. Illegal migrants
4. Migrants
5. Refugees or Asylum-seekers
ABOUT MIGRANTS

• 247 million people – living outside their countries


• 90% - moved for economic reasons, 10% refugees or asylum-
seekers
• Top 3 regions of origins – Latin America (18%), Eastern Europe
and Central Asia (16%), Middle East and North Africa (14%)
ABOUT MIGRANTS

• Per Country – India, Mexico, and China were leading while the
Philippines and Afghan rank 6th
• Top 10 Destinations – West, Middle East, US at the top of the list
• 50% of global migrants moved from developing to the developed zones of
the world; they contribute from 40-80% of their work force
Are migrants assets or liabilities to national
development?
MIGRANT CONTRIBUTION TO DESTINATION
COUNTRY IN 2015
Country Contribution Percentage of GDP

United States $2 trillion 11 percent

Germany $550 billion 17 percent

United Kingdom $390 billion 14 percent

Australia $330 billion 25 percent

Canada $320 billion 21 percent


ANTI-IMMIGRANTS

Anti-immigrants and nationalists argue that government must


control legal immigrants and put a stop of illegal entry of
foreigners
Pres. Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May –
reverse existing pro-immigration and refugee-sympathetic
policies
BENEFITS AND DETRIMENTS FOR THE SENDING
COUNTRIES
• 90% generated by migrant workers remains in the host country. However,
migrants sent billions back to their countries
• In 2014, remittance totaled $580 billion. India- $70 billion, China - $62
billion, Philippines - $28 billion, Mexico - $25 billion
• Remittances –change economic and social standing of migrants’ family,
purchasing power of migrants’ family double
BENEFITS AND DETRIMENTS FOR THE SENDING
COUNTRIES

• ADB – remittances help lifting household poverty but not in


rebalancing growth especially in the long run.
• Global migration is siphoning qualified personnel, removing
dynamic workers. This process is known as brain drain
THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• US Federal Bureau of Investigation lists human trafficking third criminal


activity worldwide
• 2012 – 21 million men, women, children are victims of forced labor
• Human trafficking – very profitable earning syndicates, smugglers, and
corrupt officials profits $150 billion a year in 2014
Global migration entails the globalization of
people and like the broader globalization it is
uneven.

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