Migration: a global question

Migration: a global question

1. The majority situation

   • The fact that millions of people move from one country or continent to another has an influence on their places of origin, the countries migrants go through and where they arrive. Here we will refer to the majority of people who travel to another country to work.

2. Coexistence in the country of destination

   • Usually, before traveling, people who migrate already think where they will arrive and have contacts to look for work. Then they locate where they will live and specify the work. That includes communication with the family, through the internet and the telephone. Work activities take up most of the time. The majority has several ways of income and lives in very precarious conditions to be able to send resources to the family. Those who are in an irregular situation, that is, without a work visa, face greater exploitation and the risk of being deported, even with the threat of being denounced.

3. Relationship between nationals and foreigners

   • The level of education, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, being male or female, one's nationality, religion and other characteristics significantly influence the transfer to another country, whether regular or not, and for livin together in the country of destination. The coexistence between nationals of the country and «foreigners» has less resistance when these characteristics coincide more.

4. Women and migration

   • There is little talk about women and migration, but certainly many women have migrated. Currently, they represent 48%. Process called the feminization of migrations. There is also what has been defined as feminization of work. All these activities are related to the traditional roles assigned to women.

5. The transnational families

   • In the last decades families have changed in the world and in our environment. It is made up of the father, the mother, their offspring and other members that replace those who are absent, such as grandparents, uncles or neighbors.

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