2021-07-01

  • International Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Political Law

The Dilemma In International Migration: An Era of International Immigration And GeoPolitics

Article by Ernest Jovan Talwana

Abstract

At the end of both World War I and II, there was an influx of refugees caused by death, destruction and displacement of many groups of people. Most of these groups constituted minorities living in the collapsed Ottoman, Habsburg empires after WWI and the communities affected by Nazi occupation of Central Europe which had culminated into WWII. Both wars created refugee crises which required resettlement of displaced peoples. Refugee crises have never ended because human kind has a propensity to dispute and hence conflict. This has seen a persistent number of people displaced across the world. From the influx of Guatemalan refugees to the United States during the late 20th Century, to the Afghan war, Iraqi war and, currently, the Syrian and Libyan refugee crises affecting Europe courtesy of the endless conflicts that have ravaged those nations. Such conflicts create social and economic difficulties which push people to migrate. When all these issues happen simultaneously, it is bound to create a situation that is exploited by certain parties in order to advance their own agendas, at the expense of immigrants.

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