The consequences of the migration of higly-skilled, low skilled and unskilled workers

AuthorNicolae Iancu
PositionPhD Candidate Lecturer at AGORA University in Oradea, Faculty of Law and Economics
Pages99-108
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MIGRATION OF HIGLY-SKILLED,
LOW SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKERS
Nicolaie Iancu
Abstract
International migration is a phenomenon that is in a general ascending trend. Thus,
migrant population represents at present (2010) around 2.9% of the world population – or
approximately 190 million, as compared to 2.2% in 1970
1
. Migration related experiences are
different depending on individuals, countries, regions, rural or urban environment or, in
other words, migration is not just a global phenomenon, but a local one, as well.
Key words: skilled worker, unskilled worker, migration.
Introduction
Migration has always been a part of human existence and we have all the reasons to
believe it will stay like this in the future. In the future, more and more people, from developed
and developing countries will take migration into consideration, whether permanent or
temporary, as an opportunity to improve their lives or their individual or family perspectives.
The progress in transport and international connections has made traveling much easier and
faster, while the Internet, which is constantly expanding, is a source of information regarding
the perspectives of finding workplaces and living in other countries.
To quote Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations Organization, “we
are entering an age of mobility, when an ever increasing number of people will cross borders,
looking for opportunities and a better life, having the possibility to wipe away the inequalities
that are characterizing our age.”
2
The image of migration is, and always has been, very complex and we think we
ought to distinguish three major traits of migration at the beginning of the 21
st
century.
1. Firstly, migration has been growing since the 1980s. The tendency is neither stable,
nor continuous – for instance, the growth rate slightly diminished in the 1990s as compared to
the previous decade. Still, there is clear evidence showing that migration affects an increasing
number of people all around the world. As the tendency is to migrate to a relatively small
number of destinations, they will receive considerable amounts of migrant population. Thus,
in the OECD area, migrants represent more than 23% of the population in Australia and
Switzerland, but only 3% in Finland and Hungary.
2. Secondly, migration analysis presupposes, essentially, an analysis of the population
movement from poor to rich areas – from developing to more developed countries. If we stick
to this assertion, we may often commit some errors, by ignoring the great movement amount
between developed countries (the so-called North-North movements) as well as between
developing countries (South-South), which, cumulate, each of them, between 25% and 30%
PhD Candidate Lecturer at AGORA University in Oradea, Faculty of Law and Economics,
niancu2009@yahoo.com.
1
Keeley, Brian, (2009), International Migration-The Human Face of Globalisation, OECD Insigts, 2009.
2
Human Development Report 2010, http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/da ta/mobility/.

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