Browsing by Author "Samuel, Danielle D."

A recent report by the UN shows that international migration flows is at the highest, with more people than ever before living abroad, reported figures suggest that 232 million, or 3.2 per cent of the world’s population are migrants in 2013, defined as persons living outside their country of birth. In comparison to figures of 2000; 175 million and 1990; 154 million, there has been significant increase in mobility. International migration is a global occurrence that is constantly evolving in its capacity, complexity and impact; it is not just a social symptom, but also a process with a complex causality system that permeates almost every aspect of our everyday lives. Migration is both a source and consequence of wider development processes and a fundamental aspect of our increasingly globalizing world. Increased mobility, the complexity of migratory patterns, its impact on migrants, families, communities and countries have ensured that international migration become and remain a priority for most nations. Observations have shown that migration occurs in well-defined streams, migrants generally progress along a specific route towards specified destinations; mainly due to established transportation routes and partly due to highly localized opportunities (Lee, 1966). This paper will argue that this is true for both humanitarian and labour migrants, it hypothesizes that both sets of migrants are somewhat informed of their destination country prior to making the decision to migrate for work or asylum.