IMMIGRATION

Immigration

Immigration

According to my knowledge and opinion, immigration is a historical phenomenon, although it did assume some added characteristics after World War II. The simple portrayal of immigration is the movement of people who desire better life opportunities outside their place of origin (Brimelow, 1995). This definition comes with the stereotyping of the traditional actors involved in the process of migration, such as the sending country, the receiving country, and the socioeconomic migrant as opposed to the refugee (Castles and Miller, 1993). The catchword of globalization alerts us to some of the new conditions that were conducive for the novel shape of ...