Jordan R. Gomillion
SOC 202
Blog #14
12/1/2009 9:30 PM
Delegates from Asia and Europe will have their 8th annual conference on Management on Migratory Flows. Three percent of the world population, which is estimated at 200 million, is comprised of immigrants. The 21st century is said to be the century of migration, the annual growth rate in international migration is 2.9 percent. This conference comes at a time when the world is slowly recovering from its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The conference will also look to point out changing the dynamics of migration post global. Being that Asia is no longer the origin and Europe the destination of migrants. All countries supply workers to the international labor market as well as receives. 30 delegates from 12 Asian countries and 30 delegates from 18 European countries will be attending the conference.
I guess the only questions I have concerning this conference, is what exactly gets accomplished from it all? Does conference create some sort of “game plan” to somehow strengthen interaction and communication with migrants. Does it talk about the pros and cons of international migration? Not trying to be critical or anything, but a lot different organizations have meetings and conferences on the topic of migration, but it doesn’t really seem like much happens. This affair, however, is international so maybe I’m being biased because here in America it doesn’t seem like much gets done towards the advancement of migrants. As long as useful and effective information comes out the conference then I’m all for it.
http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/76883.htm
1 comment:
It is amazing that the twenty first century is named the century of migration. It mentioned that international migration is increasing by about three percent each year. It is strange that no longer all migrant workers come from Asia to Europe, in contrast to most people thinking, and all countries supply workers.
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