Act 3.6 Migration

Act 3.6 Migration

1. Migration is in large part related to the broader global economic, social, political and technological transformation

2. Age of anger

   • They are calling it, tracing back the current sense of geopolitical uncertainty and discontent to a dominant and relentless focus on “logic” and “liberal rationalism” at the expense of emotional responsiveness

3. His world migration report focuses on developments in migration over the last two-year period

4. Consequence of artificial intelligence

   • It is progressively taken up in key sectors, its consequences for migrant worker flows and domestic labour markets are areas of intense focus for policymakers and businesses in origin and receiving countries.

5. Social media is impacting the politics of migration.

6. The first World Migration Report states that part of its genesis was due to the effects of globalization on migration patterns.

7. Commiting to develop numerous dialogues, workshops:

   • Have enabled different migration “realities” to be shared and the many areas of common interest to be expanded through deeper understandings of the benefits of migration as well the challenges it may present.

8. historic change at the global level with United Nations Member States coming together to finalize two global compacts on the international manifestations of migration and displacement.

9. Major migration and displacement events

   • This have been the main factors for millions of lost lives in countries with extreme violence like (syrian Arab Republic,Yemen, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan) causing severe economic and political stability.

10. International Organization for Migration (IOM) growth.

    • Itself has grown in size, with a significant increase in membership over the last two decades up from 76 to its current membership of 173 States.

11. IOM made the decision to refine the World Migration Report series in order to ensure it was able to maximize its contribution to fact-based knowledge on migration globally.

12. The number of international migrants is estimated to be almost 272 million globally, with nearly two -thirds being labour migrants.

    • This figure remains a very small percentage of the world’s population (at 3.5%), meaning that the vast majority of people globally (96.5%) are estimated to be residing in the country in which they were born.

13. The complex dynamics of migration can never be fully measured, understood and regulated.

14. The scale and pace of international migration is notoriously difficult to predict with precision.

    • This is because it is connected to acute events such as severe instability, economic crisis as well as long-term trends such as demographic change.

15. The Syrian Arab Republic had the highest number of people displaced (6.1 million) followed by Colombia (5.8 million) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.1 million).

16. Around 4 million Venezuelans had left their country by mid-2019. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was the largest source country of asylum seekers in 2018 (over 340,000).

17. consolidation of social media platforms

    • It connects geographically dispersed groups with common interests, has raised valid questions concerning the extent to which has been used to support irregular migration, as well as to enable migrants to avoid abusive and exploitative migrant smugglers and human traffickers.

18. Immigrants tend to have higher entrepreneurial activity compared to natives.

19. International remittances

    • Have grown from an estimated 126 billion in 2000 to 689 billion in 2020, underscoring the salience of international migration as a driver of development.

20. Distribution of international migrants by country.

    • early two thirds of international migrants resided in high-income countries in 2019 – around 176 million.18 This compares with 82 million foreign-born who resided in middle-income countries (about one third of the total migrant stock) and 13 million in low-income countries in the same year.

21. References

    • International Organization for Migration. (s. f.). OIM. https://www.iom.int/es
    • United Nations. (s. f.). Migration. https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/migration

22. Reflection

    • In conclusion, migration has increased over the years due to different factors such as conflicts between the different powers after the two world wars, these implications have led people to migrate seeking better opportunities to live and have a safer environment. Mexican people migrate to the United States looking for a better quality of life including children support in areas like study and in the work environment they offer a lot of possibilities.

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