Recession brings Downfall in Immigration Trends, suggests a Report

A recent report by Washington based Migration Policy Institute of the BBC World Services, stated that since 2008 very less number of people are immigrating abroad which has resulted in reduction of the number of people going overseas to live. However, since the global economy is now recovering the trend of less number of people immigrating abroad is going to change with the improvement of the same. The report suggested that since 2008, there have been many changes in the pattern of immigration across the globe. Some of which are following:

Ø Some countries such as Malaysia, Australia and Russia have reduced the number of work visas they issue. However, Australia overall still encourages immigration.

Ø Almost half of the 1.4 million Eastern European workers who came to United Kingdom between May 2004 and March 2009 from European Union accession countries had returned by the end of 2008. Some former Eastern-Bloc Countries have managed to cope quite well with the economic downturn. The good news is that more and more people are optimistic about the UK economy. There has been a significant increase in UK share prices recently.

Inspite of this, some countries such as Australia and Canada has constant level or even higher numbers of immigrant population. As a matter of fact over all levels of immigration are still going up. By 2050, it is projected that 230 million people would be foreign born. In a comparison, it was 75 million in 1965. In a longer perspective the immigration industry would witness a significant growth as the numbers of immigrant wishing to go abroad would gradually increase.

The report however looked at immigration trend throughout the globe. As per the Chinese figures, within the country 140 million left rural areas to look for better prospects in urban and more industrial cities. However, due to recession, millions returned back to countryside and very fewer then returned back to the cities.

The situation in China however is not typical and limited to the country only. The overall trend is visible across the globe. For example, the number of Mexicans moving to the United States has fallen sharply - down 40% since 2006. The drop is even greater in the case of Romanians and Bulgarians moving to Spain. Their numbers have fallen by 60%. But, it is estimated that with the improvement of economy, the rate of immigration, internationally, is ever going to increase. The possibilities of new scopes and opportunities would attract people from across the world to venture out in search of better openings.

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