This website deals with global
mobility and migration and the options available to would-be emigrants. It is based on the recently-published eBook Global Mobility and Migration 2019: A Guide for Skilled Workers, Entrepreneurs, Retirees, Investors, and Refugees.
It looks at five options available to migrants in close to 50 host countries, and the immigration requirements and incentives applicable to skilled workers, entrepreneurs, retirees, investors, and refugees.
It looks at five options available to migrants in close to 50 host countries, and the immigration requirements and incentives applicable to skilled workers, entrepreneurs, retirees, investors, and refugees.
While it is essentially a how-to
guide, the eBook on which this website is based asserts that migration mostly
is a positive force, and if managed responsibly, promotes economic growth and
enhances a benign diversity.
The eBook and website also examine the driving forces behind the global movement of people There are 244 million migrants spread out across the world in 2019, totaling 3.3% of the world’s population. Annually more than three million additional asylum-seekers and economic migrants join an estimated 13 million skilled workers, professionals and retirees who permanently cross international borders. The 34 OECD member countries annually receive about five million new legal permanent immigrants, four million temporary foreign workers, three million international students and 100,000 high net worth individuals.
Socio-economic factors and the desire for a
better quality of life is the main driver behind migration, closely followed by
political instability and a lack of personal
safety. For many older migrants from the developed world, the driver is simply
to relocate to affordable countries that will offer them the opportunity to
retire in comfort. The fourth driver is global mobility
and the aspiration for global citizenship, in other words, the idea that one’s identity
transcends political borders - this includes the movement of skilled labour
across the world.
1. Skills and points-based migration refers to a
merit-based system where the eligibility to immigrate is determined by the
ability to score above a threshold of points based on several criteria.
2. Business and Entrepreneurial Migration is
applicable to entrepreneurs, investors and venture capitalists who want to
relocate to a foreign host country.
3. Foreign retirement options are offered by
countries across the globe to retirees who have sufficient income.
4. Fast and low-cost citizenship by investment
(CBI) is a way to acquire a 2nd citizenship and a relatively powerful passport
in exchange for a once-off government contribution or a property investment.
5. Refugee and asylum-seekers are persons who flee
their country of origin because of conflict, persecution, and disadvantageous economic conditions, and who receive protection under international law.
