Abacan, Kevin R.

Acesor, Revo G.

Aliwalas, Ruth A.

Corona, Vhealen D.

Mejia, Fhederix S.

Migration: The Facts Behind The Migration That Links to Globalization

Migration is a movement to another place, often of a large group of people. Migration

has negative and positive outcomes, static and dynamic effects. One negative static effect of

migration is that migration directly reduces the available supply of labour, particularly skilled

labour, but there are positive static effects such as through return migration and remittances.

The question is does migration have a positive and negative effect on globalization? In what

way the issues of migration change with our dynamic concept of globalization? Up to this

moment, we as a student will always be rendered on how migration impacts and links to

globalization and have doubt that how migration can be part of human behaviour.

As the writer retrieved in the article mentioned, according to this international

migration is inextricably or intimately linked and connected with globalisation on the other

hand processes of globalisation drive through international migration. Meaning Globalization

is processes, on the other hand, are created by foreign migration itself, including the global

transfer of money and goods; the development of global cities; and increasing social and

cultural diversity. In this sense, in the coalmine of globalization, international migration may

be called a canary: it will either thrive as the powers of globalization overtake imperialism, or

its contraction may be a sign that globalization has peaked and is receding.

Migration is not a new thing. People have always left their homes in search for better

economic opportunities, both within and outside of their own homeland. But economic
globalization has put a new spin on global migration causing a global uprootedness and

human displacement of an unprecedented scale. Because economic globalization exacerbates

inequality among nations, migration for many becomes not a choice but an economic

necessity. Most of the theories of migration to destinations in the European Union are

categorized in the neoclassical migration theory, which considers migration as a result of

disparities in income between countries of origin and destination. However, another

hypothesis has arisen that addresses shifts in migrant flows: increasingly prevalent as a result

of globalization. There are substantial proportions of their variances in five out of seven

factors explained by the main elements. There are five factors that impact migration

movements are cell phone subscriptions, household internet access, income inequality and

poverty. In 2015, more than 244 million foreign refugees were projected to be staying

overseas, leaving aside the large amount of people resettled in their own countries. In

comparison, a large percentage of foreign refugees from southern countries do not enter

western nations but resettle in the same geographical region in neighbouring low-income

countries. These are the drivers of migrations, inadequate human and economic development

in the different regions of the world, human growth is enormously unbalanced and the

difference is increasingly wide. The economic and political factors behind this sad situation

are beyond the reach of this report and will not be dealt with here. The demographic increase

urbanization, over the past two centuries, the world's living population has risen in an

unparalleled fashion, from an estimated 1 billion living in 1800 to more than 6 billion living

at the beginning of the second millennium, to about 11 billion living on Earth in 2100. The

climate changes it is now almost universally accepted that the climate is becoming warmer

and warmer at an increasing speed, causing health inequalities across the world15 apart from

other unwanted effects and force to migrate in different countries. Education is a final note

that needs to be devoted to the standard of schooling for migrants. Foreign refugees are also
perceived to have fled hardship from distant rural areas as illiterate and impoverished

citizens. In most cases, this stereotype is far from being valid for both financial and

involuntary migrants. The movement of migration is now a structural process and is expected

to persist for decades to come. Although many migrants from low-income countries are

trying to enter more prosperous parts of the world, it should be remembered that a

comparable, or even greater, mass of people migrate in the same geographical area to neigh

boring low-income countries. “Migration” is one of the past forces that have formed the

world. Migration has always been a part of human behaviour, validity but they are not based

on a clear definition of migration. Migration is shifted from one place of residence to another

place for some length of time or permanently including different types of voluntary

movements. It has a great impact on the social, cultural, economic and psychological life of

people. Many people move each year from their country to another country, these people are

called migrants. Migration is defined as mobility from a society that has established stability

to life in another society. There is no doubt that it is difficult for individuals to adapt in the

eyes of the people in other countries. There are different types of migration first is the

internal migration moving within a state, country, or continent. Second external migration

moving to a different state, country, or continent. Third emigration leaving one country to

move to another. Last one is immigration moving into a new country. Here are some factors

of migration poverty, lack of economic opportunity, land shortage and low living standards at

home function as push factors, while prosperity, opportunity, available employment and

higher living standards in the place of destination are pull factors. Human migration involves

the movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or

temporarily, at a new location. The movement often occurs over long distances and from one

country to another, but internal migration is also possible; indeed, this is the dominant form
of human migration globally. People may migrate as individuals, in family units or in large

groups.

In line with the article of CMA, the Philippines is among the largest migrant countries

of origin in the world. Over the past decades, outward migration has shaped Philippine

society in many ways. Initially intended as a brief measure to catalysed economic

development, migration is now a significant contributing financial power. In this time, the

Philippine economy is unable to provide enough jobs to sustain economic growth without

labor emigration. Given the limited employment opportunities, migration becomes a

necessity for Filipinos rather than an option. A lot of Filipino says that there a lot of

opportunities in other country rather than in their own country. Separated from the monetary

motivating forces, Filipinos move for them crave to live overseas, their individual

improvement and numerous other reasons. But the manner in which migration impacts

growth is not straightforward. Migration has both positive and negative impacts on core

aspects of the Philippine economy across different facets – migration, remittances and return

migration. Additionally, sectoral strategies have an indirect effect on migration and its

associated growth outcomes. One assumption, for example, is that investment in vocational

training may minimize migration outflows.

However, the study indicates that the proportion of people preparing to emigrate in

the Philippines is higher than those who benefit from vocational training. Where schooling

does not satisfy the needs of the local labor market, beneficiaries prefer to pursue job

opportunities overseas. By comparison, as government recruitment authorities have clearer

knowledge on domestic work prospects, they boost the functioning of the labor markets of a

nation that seeks to curtail migration. In addition to that the number of remittances flowing to

the Philippines is important, accounting for 10% of the country's gross domestic product

(GDP). And according to data and study of the IPPMD, this income is often used to spend on
education. However, the use of remittances for constructive investment continues to be

minimal in the Philippines. Households receiving remittances are not more likely to own a

company than households receiving non-remittances. This can be explained by the lack of

access to financial institutions and lack of financial literacy. Less than half of the households

surveyed had bank accounts. Just about 5% of the households surveyed benefited from the

financial training programme.

The hallmark of the age of migration is the global character of international

migration: the way it affects more and more countries and regions, and its linkages with

complex processes affecting the entire world. These flows result in greater ethnic diversity

within countries and deepening transnational linkages between states and societies.

International migrations are greatly affected by governmental policies and may, in fact, be

started by decisions to recruit foreign workers. Yet international migrations may also possess

a relative autonomy and be more or less impervious to governmental policies. As we have

seen, official policies often fail to achieve their objectives, or even bring about the opposite

of what is intended. People as well as governments shape international migration. Decisions

made by individuals, families and communities - often with imperfect information and

constrained options- play a vital role in determining migration and settlement. The social

networks which arise through the migratory process help shape long-term outcomes. The Age

of Migration burgeoning 'migration industry' may have their own interests and aims. Despite

the growth in migratory movements, and the strength of the factors which cause them,

resistance to migration is also of growing importance. Large sections of the populations of

receiving countries may oppose immigration. Governments sometimes react by adopting

strategies of denial, hoping that the problems will go away if they are ignored. Governments

vary greatly in their capacities to regulate international migration and in the credibility of

their efforts to regulate unauthorised migration.

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