Causes Of European Migration

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European Migration

Present day movement across Europe by the Europeans are necessitated by a number of factors. Some of the documented reasons for the movements include tourism and site seeing, education, employment opportunities, higher living standards as well as the quest for a better climate. The European continent covers more than 27 countries with half a billion. The European migration is touted as the world best model for transnational movements. The question then is how did Europe come to the point that it allows free movement of her people. why did independent nations of Europe give up their rights of national borders to allow for such a free movement of people? This essay will be discussing

However, most nations chose to retain their workers more so those who had been invited to their destined nations

Initially right to free movement within Europe was in the prefab of economically active masses energetic enough to work and support themselves in their destined countries. However, the 1957 European Economic committee and the implementation of secondary legislation gave leeway for the interpretation of the regulations. European citizens have actively challenged the test for free movement through their respective national administrative decisions as ratified in under the European Court of Justice. This kind of approach has been critical to the broadened scope of the free mobility among the Europeans.

1970 court ruling changed restrictive labor movements to include free movements of persons. The only provision that would stop a person from movement is if the said individual has a documented criminal record. The formalized movement of people their labor notwithstanding was proacted during the 1992 Maastricht treaty that ended with the formation of the European Union and the subsequent introduction of common citizenship concept (Shore

As such, the 1995 Schengen agreement created a borderless passage between France, Luxemburg, Holland, Portugal, France, Germany and Spain. Subsequently, the 1999 Amsterdam treaty allowed movement of European citizens without a show of passport. Today, the Schengen treaty covers more than 25 nations with three not being part of the European Union.

The migration of the European in Europe has always been on a transformational journey seen by the changes and binding treaties that the nations observe. Such was as seen in 2004 when 15 states within the Europe continent joined in to form what is still is the largest expansion of European integration. However, this move was no sort critics when it was widely circulated that the expansion of free movements was meant to weaken the Eastern part of Europe that is largely underdeveloped. The rate of movement across Europe is today majorly on the basis of varied income and standards of living between the member