International Migration and The Law

People choose to migrate for a number if different reasons, some go down the road of migration to Australia for example because they like the idea of spending time in the sun in a more relaxed environment and having the luxury of a better standard of living. With house prices much cheaper than the UK the average family home in Australia is bigger so you get more house for less money.

Around 3% of the world population lived outside of the country in which they were born in 2005; this is around 19 million people according to statistics released by the United Nations. Some people choose to migrate to take advantage of the higher wages which are offered in the richer countries. Industrial and developing countries usually offer the most tempting wage packages. For example in the US an average factory worker can expect to earn in excess of 4 times more than a person who does the same work in a factory in Mexico. If a Mexican is working in agriculture in Mexico he/she would earn 30 times less than a person doing the same job in the US. There is evidence of similar wage gaps all over the world. Within Europe, Poland and Germany (Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt Würzburg)) have high gaps in wages and the Polish often cross the border to Germany to spend their holidays from their permanent job earning 3 times as much as they would usually earn harvesting asparagus.

Over the past 20 years migration law has been a very controversial subject.

For people who want to migrate to Australia from England they are expected to match a certain criteria before they can even be considered for migration. Usually the person migrating will be expected to have a trade/skill that Australia are looking for ie. Doctor, school teacher, plasterer etc. They will have to have medical checks to make sure that they are fit and well and will often be expected to have bloods and x-rays which are done by one of the panel Doctors whom are recognised by Australia House in Sydney and London. Only after this is done and approved are they eligible for migration to Australia. They must have an address in Australia before they can move out there. Migration and refugee movement in Australia has increased significantly over the last few years.

International migration and the law (Markenrecht) has been in the news a lot recently, with local jobs for local workers fast becoming a thing of the past. Since the borders have been opened in Europe there has been an increase in the richer countries in the EU of migrant workers, with migrants often taking much lower wages than a person native to the country would take. There is also an issue in whether migrants should be entitled to claim welfare for their families, people who are born in a country say not.

As long as people want to migrate these issues are going to be an ongoing debate in the richer countries that have been given no choice but to except migrants and their families.