People have been migrating for centuries.

Globalization has given rise to a new kind of immigration

Prior to the 21st century

Leaving one's home to become a member of another community. Time-consuming and expensive. Difficult to communicate with family

Now
Immigrants can maintain ties with their home countries Assimilation into the recipient country less necessary Several countries encourage immigrants to maintain ties with their home country by creating laws that protect property rights of absent individuals and laws that enable immigrants to be dual citizens.

Globalization supporters
Globalization brings many economic benefits to both the home country and the recipient country. Immigrants are able to decrease the transactional costs associated with international business thanks to the specialized knowledge they bring about their home country practices.

Globalization critics
The current system leads to divided communities because immigrants will no longer have the desire to assimilate into the culture of the second country.

Economic gains

Increase in cultural diversity

Increase in standard of living in the part of immigrants

A younger workforce

Skilled workers in much needed sectors.

Language, Culture and Participation Lack of Social Support

Climate

Employment Barriers

Housing

Discrimination

Immigration & Globalization Immigration cannot be labeled as one of the many byproducts of globalization. People have been migrating for centuries. process has given rise to a new kind of immigration. Prior to the 21st century, immigration meant leaving one's home to become a member of another community. time-consuming and expensive. Written correspondence did not allow for people to remain current with the events in one's home country and other means of communication were relatively expensive.
With advances in technology, today's immigrants can maintain ties with their home countries. Changes in technology and globalization make full assimilation into the recipient country less necessary. Several countries encourage immigrants to maintain ties with their home country by creating laws that protect property rights of absent individuals and laws that enable immigrants to be dual citizens. Some globalization supporters uphold this new form of immigration by arguing that the current globalized system brings many economic benefits to both the home country and the recipient country. Immigrants, especially those who bring skilled labor or specialized knowledge, are able to decrease the transactional costs associated with international business thanks to the specialized knowledge they bring about their home country practices. Some globalization critics counteract this argument by pointing out that the current system leads to divided communities because immigrants will no longer have the desire to assimilate into the culture of the second country. Both of these assertions carry some weight. However, given the wide range of reasons underlying a decision to migrate, one must ask if immigration policies can realistically be assessed by using a pro-con or cost-benefit analysis.

http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/ebook/issues/globalization/reading-table/immigration

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