GLOBAL MIGRATION

It is a situation in which people go to live in foreign countries, especially to find work. Most global migration
is from developing countries to develop 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.

Migration is the movement of people from one region to another for the purpose of settlement. A migrant is a
person who moves from one place to another within a country

There are two basic types of migration studied by demographers:

· Internal migration. This refers to any movement from one place to another from the same country.

· International migration. Movement of people from one country to another

a. Immigrants : people who permanently move to another country

b. Temporary/Seasonal: refers to the workers who stayed in another country for a short period of
time. Also called the economic migrants is a person who travels from one country or area to another in order to
improve their standard of living.

c. illegal migrants: continued residency without the legal rights to live in that country or in violation of the
immigration laws in that country. Entering an industrialized country secretly and work without legal
permission.

d. Petitioned: refers to a person who was petitioned by his family to permanently live in that country or
work in that country. So either visa petitioned or working visa.

e. Refugees: or asylum seekers A refugee is an individual who is fleeing his/her country of origin, owing to a
well-founded fear of persecution on grounds of race, nationality, ethnicity, or affiliation to a particular political
group.

An asylum seeker is a person who has yet to make an application to the host country, or is awaiting a decision
on an application or claim that has already been made or submitted. A person who applied for refuge in a
foreign country due to a fear of religious or political persecution in his or her country of origin. Although it is
an internationally recognized legal rights. Asylum seekers are treated like criminal people by the authorities of
the country of destination. Some people enter to European countries to seek better life but do not get political
protection. That’s why EU countries strengthen their policies and accepting procedures against illegal
entrances. People in EU countries see asylum seekers as potential criminals. They become less tolerant to the
migrant people. They usually came from Afghanistan, Iran, and Sri Lanka.
Cambodia,Vietnam, Burma and Nepal.

Why do people move?

· Economic reasons
Lack of employment opportunities of differentials in employment opportunities and wages; the lure of a well-
paid job in a wealthy country is a powerful drive of international 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 are 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.

a. Push factors: Reasons to leave – Factors that help migrants decide to leave their home such as war,
famine, and political oppression or population pressures.

b. Pull factors: Reasons to migrate – are characteristics of destination countries that attract immigrant wish
to get better living and working conditions.

Example:

OFWs

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
work contract or as students.

The life is not easy, they work to foreign country and sacrifice. They go and find a job there, so 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.