Jordan R. Gomillion
10/16/2009
2:21 PM
The UN released a report on migration, saying that countries in Southeast Asia should reform their policies to allow access to basic services such as education and healthcare. The report discusses the rights of “regular” and irregular” migrants and how they are often not respected. The intra-Asian migration makes up 20 percent of all international migration, with numbers that high the UN is pushing for equal pay and decent working conditions for migrants. They also cite how migrants don’t cross the national border but actually move within their own country. The country itself can benefit in many ways, Sweden has reformed its policies, also New Zealand, Canada and Australia have created policies for seasonal work. The report also illustrates regional arrangements in Europe and Latin America that liberalize the movement of people.
One recurring thing I have noticed while researching migration is the word “reform”. Countries being against it and the UN pushing for policy change. I could understand the benefits countries can have from allowing migrants to work, especially if the migrant didn’t cross national borders. But what about the legal inhabitants? The “legal” migrants there? The country has an obligation to look out for the legal citizens who are unemployed to reform the labor market and find jobs for them. Not saying that countries shouldn’t allow basic services for migrants, but they should at least try and reconfigure the labor and education force to try and help those who have been there for their entire lives and haven’t received those basic services.
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3526899
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