Globalization In Australia Essay

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The purpose of this section is to explore, through empirical studies, immigration as a consequence of globalization and first world countries’ responses to an increased influx of people. Over the past number of decades, there has been a huge wave of immigration, presumably created by the forces of globalization. In 2005, the United Nations estimated that 3% of the world's population, equating approximately 191 million people, lived in a country other than the country in which they were born. Of those people, 33% had moved from a developing to a developed country, another 33% moved between developing nations, and another 33% moved from a developed country to another developed nation (Xu, 2007). Notice that it appears that no statistically significant …show more content…
James Walsh found that, in response to the increase of people migrating from third to first world countries to escape the effects of globalization, first world countries have reformed immigration policies to reduce the number of immigrants admitted into their country by creating a strategy to determine just who shall be admitted. Walsh found that Australia’s and Canada’s contemporary immigration policies reflect attempts by both countries to “strategically position their societies within the global system and resolve a number of economic, political, cultural, and demographic transitions associated with globalization” (Walsh, 2008, p. 786). This is done through the creation of a “point system” used to analyze the potential effectiveness of immigrants. However, it is important to not that while first world countries have placed emphasis on restriction and border security, undocumented immigration has continued to grow in tandem with recent globalization efforts (Walsh,