As the issue of illegal migration has been tremendous academic interest and the major concern of many countries around the world recently, we can look up by different literatures. However, there are few studies about illegal migration and the impact in Timor-Leste by local authors, giving the fact that the sensitivity of data and lack of statistical data regarding the issue.
Theories of migration
The reasons why people decided to migrate, by looking on Todaro (1969) and Harris-Todaro (1970) models of internal migration in developing countries, and the theory of Neoclassical of migration, assumes that the decision to migrate depends on the wage and income differentials that an individual expects to receive in the destination country compare to the income expected in their home country. Driven by this reason a person can easily decide to enter to cross the border legally or illegally and overstay in the country of destination that have higher wages that …show more content…
There are a lot of cars, houses, crowds, pollution, and only fewer quiet places are left as a result of excessive Immigration (Island, A. 2010).
Another author argues that illegal migration occurred not only because of their living condition, but it’s also because of the demand for illegal migrant by some people like the house owner needing housekeeper and maintenance, and economic groups like restaurants owner or farmers because they benefit from illegal migrations. They try to avoid from direct labor cost, indirect social payments and costly regulation (Louka Katseli 1999). Illegal migrations also fueled by the pull factors, which is people move from poorer countries tend to move richer countries, this involved those who with a lot of skills, knowledge, and ambition which lead their desire to migrate for a better
Theories of migration
The reasons why people decided to migrate, by looking on Todaro (1969) and Harris-Todaro (1970) models of internal migration in developing countries, and the theory of Neoclassical of migration, assumes that the decision to migrate depends on the wage and income differentials that an individual expects to receive in the destination country compare to the income expected in their home country. Driven by this reason a person can easily decide to enter to cross the border legally or illegally and overstay in the country of destination that have higher wages that …show more content…
There are a lot of cars, houses, crowds, pollution, and only fewer quiet places are left as a result of excessive Immigration (Island, A. 2010).
Another author argues that illegal migration occurred not only because of their living condition, but it’s also because of the demand for illegal migrant by some people like the house owner needing housekeeper and maintenance, and economic groups like restaurants owner or farmers because they benefit from illegal migrations. They try to avoid from direct labor cost, indirect social payments and costly regulation (Louka Katseli 1999). Illegal migrations also fueled by the pull factors, which is people move from poorer countries tend to move richer countries, this involved those who with a lot of skills, knowledge, and ambition which lead their desire to migrate for a better