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Migration

In: Handbook of Globalisation and Development

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  • Irena Omelaniuk

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Migration is a defining feature of globalisation and development, both within and across borders. The world is highly mobile, with more than 1 billion persons estimated to be living outside their country or region of origin. Alongside trade and finance, migration contributes to local and global development, its aggregate financial gains far exceeding official development aid. Yet there is no comparable free movement of labour. Migration raises new questions about globalisation, such as how to reconcile domestic immigration laws with global market forces, how to protect transient global workers, adapt local skills development to global labour needs and manage mass displacements owing to climate change and crises. These are pressing challenges for governance and international cooperation which, if neglected, place migrants and their families at risk, damage the credibility of migration and reduce the gains of globalisation. Yet migration is not regulated or coordinated globally, and the international system around migration remains fragmented and slow to cohere around these challenges. Is it time to revisit a global migration governance regime? Who would or could enforce it?

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  • Irena Omelaniuk, 2017. "Migration," Chapters, in: Kenneth A. Reinert (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation and Development, chapter 17, pages 289-311, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:15966_17
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