Impact of Migration on Global Politics and Security

Abstract

Migration has presented a very important challenge at the global level in recent years, especially with the high economic disparity between countries and regions, wars and crises, and political instability. Even though migration policies and the legal system of asylum are at a solid level for the needs of society, the dilemma is still presented as to whether the flow of migrants affects and determines global politics and security or how this impact is at specific levels, especially at the level of income or economic capacity of regions or states. This is also the basic purpose of this study, where official data from the World Bank and United Nations give concise answers to the impact of the flow of migrants on political stability and global security. It turns out that at the global level, the flow of migrants does not represent a significant challenge in global and security policies, but at lower levels, according to countries, income represents a very significant determinant in political stability as well as Military Expenditure. Generally speaking, migration determines a country’s economic, social, and security image. After the increased migration that includes both refugees and asylum seekers in the last decade as a result of political instability, poverty, Arab Spring and Syrian war and wars in the recent past and the recent war in Ukraine and Israel, the dilemma arises whether migration as a phenomenon (in terms of percentage) has an impact on political stability and security at the world level. This is the basis of this study, which, through statistically valid data from the World Bank and the United Nations, analyzes and generalizes a conclusion about the impact of migration on political stability and security at the global level.