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A Definition of Migration Pressure Based on Demand Theory
Author(s) -
Schaeffer Peter V.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1993.tb00718.x
Subject(s) - citation , associate editor , population , library science , sociology , operations research , management , computer science , engineering , economics , demography
Large international migrations are no longer limited to a few emigration and immigration countries. A recent United Nations publication (1989) on the percentage of foreign born residents in 130 countries demonstrates that large international migrations have become almost universal. Table 1 (page 69), for example, shows the stock of guest workers in the Federal Republic of Germany between 1968 and 1974. The governments of some receiving countries feel that they are losing, or have already lost, control over their borders. The drama of Albanians battling with police in Italy to avoid being sent back in August 1991 represents a struggle for such control. Some governments of sending countries, on the other hand, worry about the impact on their economies and long-term development prospects of the rapid loss of large numbers of citizens (e.g. Glaser, 1978). As the concept “migration pressure” is an expression of such concerns and fears, it is useful to give it precise meaning.