GE 5 – Global Migration people to migrate there in order to seek a
better life for their families.
Recitation Notes
Pauleen
According to Cambridge dictionary global
migration is defined as a situation in
which people goto live in foreign countries, esp
ecially in order to find work.
But there’s always a question why do people
move?
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, According to Tim
Blackman, people move to another country
due to many reasons including
 Safety
 Natural disaster
 Political conflict
 Education
 Family
 Career
 Economic betterment
The Push-Pull factor can explain some of
the causes of global migration.
Pull factors are factors in the destination
country that motivate an individual or group
to leave their home. These factors attract
people to relocate to a new location,
primarily because the opportunities
presented in the new location were
previously unavailable to them. An example
of a pull factor would include a family moving
from a country with minimal job opportunities
to a new location with more opportunities for
a successful career. The beneficial elements
that the new country presents encourage
A push factor refers to conditions which
force people to leave their homes. A person
would typically move because of distress
(safety, natural disaster, or political conflict).
Although push factors don’t require a person
to leave their home, the conditions impacting
the push factors often negatively impact the
quality of life for the person if they choose to
stay. Places that experience drought and
famine, war conflicts, and/or high
unemployment would contribute to the push
factors that trigger migration for that
country’s residents.
Global migration offers significant benefits.
Migrants can enhance their income, learn
new skills, and acquire savings and assets
by working overseas. When migrants return
home, they bring both financial and human
capital with them.
However, there are disadvantages since
when you relocate to another country, you
may face discrimination, hatred, oppression,
or even death. When you migrate with your
livestock in search of food and pasture, you
may be killed and your livestock may be
taken.
Michelle
Learn English: Migrate, Emigrate,
Immigrate
ABC Education
Monday 11 April 2016 4:03pm
‘To migrate’ means to move from one place
to another. It can be a permanent move or a
temporary move.
When people 'migrate', they do so for a
number of reasons: better education and
employment opportunities, to escape wars or
to enjoy a change in lifestyle. People who
migrate from one place to another are called
‘migrants’.
To emigrate' means to leave your own
country and go and live in another country,
permanently.
To immigrate' means to enter and settle in a
foreign country, permanently.
‘Immigrate’ means to come ‘in’. Both
‘immigrate’ and ‘in’ start with the letter ‘i’.
‘Emigrate’ means to ‘exit’. Both ‘emigrate’
and ‘exit’ start with ‘e’.
10 Jan 2020
Charlotte Edmond Senior Writer, Formative Content
Global migration, by the numbers: who
migrates, where they go and why
 There are an estimated 272 million
international migrants – 3.5% of the
world’s population.
 While most people leave their home
countries for work, millions have been
driven away due to conflict, violence
and climate change.
 Most migrants come from India; the
United States is the primary
destination.
Angelika
According to Church and Society
Global Migration – moving from one
place to another is a protected human
right
UN (1997)
Define MIGRANT as:
Generic term for all person changing their
place of residence (immigrants or
emigrants) whether within the country or
abroad and whose stays lasts over 1 year
Challenge of Migration
1. Culture Shock – difference of culture,
traditions, food, etc. which can affect
migrants
2. Emotional Challenges
Maria Christina
Global Migration
Article I: Migration and Globalization:
Challenges and Perspectives for the
Research Infrastructure
By: Martin Kahanee and Klaus F.
Zimmerman
“Global Migration lies at the core of
ongoing process of Globalization.
People migrate to improve their
economic prospects, ensure a more
secure living environment. “
  Most migration is from developing
countries to developed ones.
 Characteristics of Developed
Country:
 High income per Capita
 Greater focus on Economic
Growth
 High standard of Living
Article 2: The Links between Migration,
Globalization and Sustainable
Development
(Cecilia Tacoli IIED, UK and David
Okali NEST, Nigeria)
 Increased migration is one of the
most visible and significant
aspects of globalization: growing
numbers of people move within
countries and across borders,
looking for better employment
opportunities and better
lifestyles.
 Although migration is usually
seen as problematic, it
contributes to sustainable
development.
 For households in poor areas,
remittances improve security
and, with the support of
appropriate policies, can
contribute to local economic
growth.
Mytch
Migration has been a part of the human
history since its very beginning. People
have migrated from one continent to the
other, from country to country or inside
the same country. Even though the
twenty-first century has been called "The
age of migration" (Castles & Miller, 2009),
migration is certainly not a recent
phenomenon. But this phrase is widely
accepted, essentially because there are
more migrants in the world today than
ever before — about 244 million
international migrants in 2015. But, it is
very important to emphasize that the
number of world population is the highest
in the history too, with 7, 5 million in 2016,
so it might not be surprising that there
are more migrants in the world as well.
The overall number of international
migrants has increased in the last few
years from the 152 million in 1990 to 173
million in 2000 and, as mentioned above,
to 244 million in the present. That means
that if international migrants live in one
country, they will constitute the fifth
most populous country in the world, after
China, India, USA and Indonesia. What
might be more notable is that the
proportion of international migrants has
not changed significantly since 1995, at
around 3 per cent. On the other hand, the
estimated number of internal migrants is
763 million. Together with the
international migrants every seventh
person in the world is a migrant (United
Nation Population Division (UNDP), 2013;
United Nation (UN) 2016; International
Organization for Migration (IOM), 2016).
In general, it is expected that the number
of international migrants worldwide will
increase in the future, and the major
drivers of migration will be demographic
factors, economic disparities and
environmental changes.
Andrea
Migration
Types of Migration
The relatively permanent movement of
people across territorial boundaries is
referred to as immigration and out-
migration, or immigration and emigration
when the boundaries crossed are
international. The place of in-migration or
immigration is called the receiver
population, and the place of out-migration
or emigration is called the sender
population. There are two basic types of
migration studied by demographers:
Internal migration. This refers to a change
of residence within national boundaries,
such as between states, provinces, cities, or
municipalities. An internal migrant is
someone who moves to a different
administrative territory.
International migration. This refers to
change of residence over national
boundaries. An international migrant is
someone who moves to a different country.
International migrants are further classified
as legal immigrants, illegal immigrants, and
refugees. Legal immigrants are those who
moved with the legal permission of the
receiver nation, illegal immigrants are those
who moved without legal permission, and
refugees are those crossed an international
boundary to escape persecution.
Jay Weinstein and Vijayan Pillai (2001)
denote a third classification: forced
migration. Forced migration exists when a
person is moved against their will (slaves),
or when the move is initiated because of
external factors (natural disaster or civil
war). The distinction between internal and
international migration is crucial because
they happen for different reasons. Because
structural barriers are more likely to impede
the mobility of a potential international
migrant than an internal migrant—
international migration involves more
administrative procedures, greater expense,
and more difficulties associated with
obtaining employment, accessing state
services, learning a new language, and the
like—the motivations behind international
migration are usually stronger than those
behind internal migration (Weeks 1999).