International Migration of Labor Force: Status, Problems, Prospects

Abstract

The article defines present-day tendencies in international migration in the context of globalization, features of the current status of international migration processes and substantiates prospects for their development, taking into account the world’s globalization trends. The positive and negative effects of migration on both donor countries and countries-recipients of labor force are considered. As result of the research, the general tendencies of international migration in today’s environment are examined, in particular: changes in geographical structure, increase in the volume of high-skilled migration and educational migration, intensification of illegal migration processes and migration corridors, spread of migratiocenose, the growing influence of transnational business on the dynamics and structure of international labor force migration. Among the directions of possible solutions to migration problems are defined the following: revision and creation of inter-State agreements of donor countries with recipient countries; formation of specialized migration exchanges (so-called «labor exchanges»); activation of cooperation between governments and the International Organization for Migration; spread of the grant system in the context of development of educational migration, reducing the outflow of intellectual potential; monitoring and forecasting migration processes. Prospects for further research in this direction is defining tendencies in the development of the most «problematic» migration phenomena, including illegal migration and migration of highly skilled professionals to industrially and innovatively developed countries, as well as substantiation of ways to improve the migration situation in the countries with mass emigration and immigration.

Keywords

• international migration
• migration policy
• emigration
• immigration
• migration corridors
• migration processes