International Migration Flow and Network Analysis From 1950-2015: The Case of Five Selected Countries

Abstract

Migrations stands on the top of many countries policy agenda. It is the prominent feature in the economics, social and political landscape of many countries in the world. This research has been conducted to analyze migration trends of five countries such as Ethiopia, Israel, USA, Mexico and Saudi Arabia using net migration data, GDP per capita and migration matrix data obtained from United Nation data base.  The migration network has been analyzed using country’s origin and destination and further this study explains why people migrate to different countries. To achieve the objective of this research, secondary data have been employed. The major findings of the study are: even though countries experiencing economic growth or GDP, people still migrating from these countries because of many reasons such as geographical proximity of countries, colonial history, cultural, social network, ideological and religious similarity. Furthermore, push and pull factors as macro motives can also explain the migration process between or among countries.

Keywords: International Migration, Social Capital theory, New Economics migration theory, Migration Network