Theoretical perspective of migration and foreign employment

1. The New Economics of Labour Migration theory (NELM), holds that migration decisions are not made by individuals, but by families, households or even communities (Castles & Miller, 2009). Migration is seen as a reason to improve the financial position and to diversify the sources of income.
2. Structural theories of migration :The historical-structural approach looks at migration from a different angle, namely mass recruitment of labour in which economic and social structures are important too. This goes along with a Marxist view on the political economy, also referred to as dependency theory‘.

This theory holds that the underdevelopment of Third World countries was a result of the exploitation of their resources (including labour) through colonialism, while in the postcolonial period dependency was being worsened by unfair terms of trade with powerful advanced economies. (Castles & Miller, 2009)