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MODULE 5:
Global
Migration in an OFW
Context
Current estimates are that there are 244 million international migrants
globally or around 3.3 percent of the world’s population. The United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs provided the statistics
as follows: first, the United States having 46,627,102 immigrants; second,
Germany with 12,005,690; third, Russia with 11,643,276; fourth, Saudi
Arabia with 10,185,945; and lastly, the United Kingdom with 8,543,120
immigrants. We can deduce that a very significant portion of their
population comprised people who could help in reshaping demography.
Laws which provided them new home should likewise protect them against
atrocities and inhuman situation. This was the message conveyed by Pope
Francis when he visited the United States asking for clear solution about
constructing barrier between Mexico and US.
What is Global
Migration?
Global migration is the movement of a person or a group of people, to
settle in another place, often across a political or administrative boundary.
Migration can be temporal or permanent, and it may be voluntary or forced.
How people migrate depends greatly on each nation’s current immigration
laws and the safety of the route itself. While some migrants are able to
travel by airplane or train, others do not have the same luxury. Those
looking to enter Europe through North Africa often face a particularly
perilous route: an extremely overcrowded boat over the Mediterranean Sea,
sometimes Saharan Desert trek directly beforehand. Transportation is one of
many examples of how migration can take drastically different forms.
People move because of five (5) different factors namely, safety, natural
disaster, political conflict, education, and their families.
Two (2) Types of Migration
1. Internal Migration- migration within the

country such as cities or provinces.
2. International Migration- migration outside

the country.
Advantages and Disadvantages of a
Country losing People
Advantages:
1. Money sent home by migrants.
2. Decreases pressure on jobs and resources.
3. Migrants may return with new skills.

Disadvantages:
1. People of working age move out reducing the size of the country’s
potential workforce.
2. Gender imbalances are caused as it is typically men who seek to find
employment elsewhere. Women and children are left.
3. “Brain drain” if many skilled workers leave.
Advantages and Disadvantages of the
Host Country
Advantages:
1. A richer and more diverse culture.
2. Helps to reduce any labor shortages.
3. Migrants are more prepared to take on low paid, low skilled jobs.
Disadvantages:
1. Increasing cost of services such as health care and education.
2. Overcrowding.
3. Disagreements between religions and cultures.
The Push-Pull Factor
Some of the reasons that trigger global migration can be explained by what is known as the
push-pull factor.
1. Pull factors- are factors in the destination country that attract the individual or group to
leave their home. These factors attract people to a new place largely because of the
opportunities presented in the new location were not available to them previously. An
example of a pull factor would include a family moving from a country with minimal job
opportunities for a successful career. The beneficial elements that the new country
presents/encourages people to migrate there in order to seek a better life for their families.
2. 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 do not 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 the country’s residents.

Does Migration Improve the
Quality of Life?
Whether individuals migrate due to push or pull factors, there are
undeniable benefits involved with adapting to a new country. Some benefits
are simply fun and exciting. Learning a new culture and experiencing new
opportunities, such as tasting new foods and getting to know a different
approach to communication, or immersing yourself in the new cultural
activities, can be exciting and enriching. Other benefits, namely personal
freedoms, are very much important. People may leave their home countries
in search of religious, academic, or political freedom in their new countries.
Others, in search of a better quality of life for their families. Apparently in
situation like this, aside from being with their families, migration has
drastically improved their lives.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
TIME
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. It is a movement of a person or a
group of people, to settle in another
place, often across a political or
administrative boundary.
a. Global Migration
b. Internal Migration
c. International Migration
ANSWER:
a. Global Migration
2. It is the migration within the country
such as cities or provinces.
a. Global Migration
ANSWER:
a. Internal Migration
3. It is the migration outside the
country.
a. Global Migration
ANSWER:
a. International Migration
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