Understanding The Complexity Of Border Policy And Migration

Understanding the Complexity of Border Policy and Migration Name IntroductionExploring possibilities of universal open borders as a future policy option.Understanding the debates on globalisation & address the movement of goods, capital and services, and the relationship to the movement of labour.Some case studies of policies around the world and their various successes and failures with open or closed border policies. Analysing Open borders: Chimera or future policyGeneral trend is towards a hardening, or ‘‘securitisation’’ of attitudes towards immigration (Huysmans, 2000).Anti-immigrant rhetoric entrenched in the political dialogues of many countries; reinforce anti-immigrant attitudes across the board.GATS movement of workers shows economic growth under open bordersHypocrisy exists What Open Border Arguments aim to doRebutting the fear that an overwhelming invasion of the rich countries by the “hordes of the poor” would reduce the social and economic well being of a country.Provides economic opportunities for labor markets within poorer countries. Dismantles the reality that closed borders are one of the primary political instruments that sustain the separation between rich and poor nations. Current Global Debate Casey Reframing discoursePermeation of new migration ideas. Immigration = constant flow, not end-all-be-allResponding to immigration should be about opportunity for people. Sovereignty ≠ Exclusion.Development aid should come in