International Migration from Past to Present; Theory, Perception and Politics

Migration movements with increasing speed and visibility in the modern period; While it was a socio-demographic phenomenon at the action level, it was first included in the political field and then securitized and became a high policy issue. In the current century, migration has already become one of the top priorities of the international community's agenda, which directly affects the functioning of the international system and shapes the interaction between system actors. It is seen that the academic interest in the issue of migration has increased gradually due to the fact that it has come to the fore with its problematic aspects in recent years.
This work deals with the fact that people leave their places of residence and settle in other places, albeit for very different reasons, as a state of nature in the historical process. Therefore, in the work; There are evaluations that seeing the phenomenon of immigration as a "crime" that must be prevented and accordingly looking at immigrants as "criminal" consists of a fundamental illusion. Of course, while doing this, care is taken not to make the mistake of ignoring or ignoring problems based on immigration.