Global migration explosion: a challenge of the XXI century

Abstract

Demographic explosion of the twentieth century led to a huge increase in the population of the developing world, and thus to the emergence of a demographic asymmetry of the developing and developed countries (global South and global North). Coupled with the economic inequality of the poor South and the rich North, this caused the growing migratory flows from the South to the North, which in the 21st century can escalate into an uncontrolled global migration explosion.The preconditions for such an explosion are created, in addition to demographic and economic asymmetry, also by the migration transition – a rapid increase in the spatial mobility of the population of the South, which has experienced massive internal migration and rapid urbanization. The emergence in the countries of the South of multi-million urban strata of society consisting of mobile, very young people, largely cultural marginals - carriers of semi-urban semi-rural culture, not satisfied with their economic and social situation, increases the potential of international migrations, which can acquire unpredictable forms.