MIGRATION TRENDS IN THE WORLD

Migration is the displacement of people on the geographic space, either individually or collectively, from their place of origin to a destination, with the purpose of relocating temporarily, definitively or through pendulum migration, also known as circular migration because ir forms a circuit where the population changes residence periodically.

EXTERNAL OR INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

INTERNAL MIGRATION

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the year 2000, international migrants were almost 150 million; by 2010, it was estimated that there were 214 million living outside their country or origin, representing about 3% of the world population, which shows that the tendency to migrate persists because of:

The mobility of the workforce across borders.

The excessive population growth in certain countries, as well as economic crises, factors that push people to leave their place of residence to often go to countries where the population has declined or aged, allowing the arrival of migrants.

Rising income inequalities between the more and less developed nations, contributes to the expansion of migration.

The effects caused by various natural processes, interacting with conditions of overpopulation, poverty, environmental degradation and global warming, cause thousands of people to leave the place where they live every year.