Do state control immigration outcomes?
To understand the complex process of immigration a basic knowledge of the concept is needed. The process of immigration is regarded as the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take-up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker. It is very important to understand that states control and regulate immigration therefore the decisions taken by politicians have a great impact on the lives of their foreign born citizens. Towards the end of the 1800s and the start of the 1900s many countries held …show more content…
Less privileged individuals, including the mass of poor people in low-income countries, cannot avail themselves of the legal and protected immigration opportunities offered by wealthy states often relying on rich authoritarian governments. Understanding this economic improvement taken by immigrants can help grasp an idea of how immigration affects states like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar among others who are part of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) take advantage of the economic needs of immigrants. These Gulf States have an economy based on oil production and exports. Countries that are part of the Gulf States are among the richest and most powerful countries in the world, hence the largest guest worker program in the world, this program receives people from other countries, most of them found in South East Asia such as the Philippines and Sri Lanka among others. Most of these workers come in as maids, cooks, or nannies, but everything comes at a price in which most the GCC countries have the Kafala System where an immigrant can enter the guest worker program but they need a sponsor just to be able to work in the country. Most of these immigrants subject themselves to an authoritarian bargain where they forfeit their political rights, and are denied access to the most basic social entitlements. These countries have a restrictive form of Jus Sanguinis mainly because of their concerns that the culture and national identity are being eroded by globalization, which is being led by American cultural influence such as American movies or even by indecent exposure. In reality, this is just an example to what extent a very restrictive authoritarian government would control
To understand the complex process of immigration a basic knowledge of the concept is needed. The process of immigration is regarded as the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take-up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker. It is very important to understand that states control and regulate immigration therefore the decisions taken by politicians have a great impact on the lives of their foreign born citizens. Towards the end of the 1800s and the start of the 1900s many countries held …show more content…
Less privileged individuals, including the mass of poor people in low-income countries, cannot avail themselves of the legal and protected immigration opportunities offered by wealthy states often relying on rich authoritarian governments. Understanding this economic improvement taken by immigrants can help grasp an idea of how immigration affects states like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar among others who are part of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) take advantage of the economic needs of immigrants. These Gulf States have an economy based on oil production and exports. Countries that are part of the Gulf States are among the richest and most powerful countries in the world, hence the largest guest worker program in the world, this program receives people from other countries, most of them found in South East Asia such as the Philippines and Sri Lanka among others. Most of these workers come in as maids, cooks, or nannies, but everything comes at a price in which most the GCC countries have the Kafala System where an immigrant can enter the guest worker program but they need a sponsor just to be able to work in the country. Most of these immigrants subject themselves to an authoritarian bargain where they forfeit their political rights, and are denied access to the most basic social entitlements. These countries have a restrictive form of Jus Sanguinis mainly because of their concerns that the culture and national identity are being eroded by globalization, which is being led by American cultural influence such as American movies or even by indecent exposure. In reality, this is just an example to what extent a very restrictive authoritarian government would control