User:Mia177/Migration in 21st century

Migration accompanies humanity and our lives from immemorial. We are facing this phenomenon from the first formation of civilization. Migration can be characterized as a human strategy to improve quality of living and acquire new life experiences. What does migration exactly means? From sociological point of view, migration occurs when population change permanent residence behind certain territorial boundaries. Population changes its residence for short time or even forever.

Definition of migration

According to the definition of UN, migration occurs when man cross internationally accepted boundaries and remain there more there for a certain period of time (UN, 2009). It exists individual, mass or collective migration. Mass migration can be awakened by due to natural disaster or war. Involuntary migration embodies evacuation or exile. Anthropology occupies with motives and impact on migration and its impact on lifestyle, social structure and relationships of people. Currently, there is a far more immigrants in the world than before. Migration in 20th century had changed developed western countries and had brought to these countries cultural diversity. Migrants are coming to countries from different reasons and of different qualifications. Between migrants belong high qualified workforce as well as low qualified people occupying poor paid jobs. Recently, migration has become a matter in dispute. People connects migration with terrorism, what brings dangerous consequences in international relationships between domestic population and immigrants.

Reasons for migration

Migration is one of the solution to escape from unsuitable conditions in home country due to poverty, uncertainty or danger they are exposed to in their country. Others migrate due to lack of free workplaces. There is a large population in developing countries, but despite of it western countries need migration. Many young people in developed countries study at universities and want occupy high qualified positions and therefore these countries lack of low qualified workforce. Countries do not have enough employees which would do manual work. Due to this fact, developed countries need low qualified workforce which often work for minimum money.

References

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. (2005)Migration. Retrieved on May 23, 2009, from http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3020&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html