One could argue that the immigration process dates back to the dawn of mankind. Since the beginning of time, people have migrated from place to place
in search of a better life and more security for themselves and their families. In the beginning, the challenges were purely logistical, how to travel 
safely to your new home, and how to live peacefully with the people and creatures that are already there. In the modern world there are also legal 
challenges. Immigration has become the subject of numerous disputes, but for many people it remains an opportunity to achieve their goals and create 
greater security for themselves and their families.

Immigration is a movement from one country to another in order to settle down. The annual migration statistics are amazing! According to the 
International Organization for Migration, 200 million people emigrated worldwide in 2006 alone! In 2012, Gallop (a US company) conducted a survey 
that completely changed the way experts look at immigration. Almost 640 million people responded that they would like to move to another country if 
given the opportunity. The largest immigrant destination to date is Europe, which welcomed 70 million people in 2005 alone! The United States and 
Canada rank second, having taken in around 45 million immigrants.

Usually immigration is about having a better and more secure life and in some parts of the world it is about escaping war, poverty, hunger and 
genocide. But even in the more civilized parts of the world, immigration is often seen to seek a more comfortable social, political, or economic 
situation. This explains why the wealthiest and most successful countries are also the most popular with immigrants. The data shows that this trend 
is increasing and the number of migrants is increasing every year. Such an influx of immigrants has recently become the subject of much political 
discussion. As a result, a number of countries have started to make their immigration policies and laws much stricter.

The question of how migrants can be treated appropriately in their receiving countries is also discussed, since the rights of migrants are often 
abused and violated in some places. However, freedom of movement is often recognized as a civil right declared in the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights (1948) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966). Despite this, no sovereign state offers full freedom of movement 
across its borders (except Uruguay). Even countries in the Schengen area that want to encourage free movement and do not have internal border controls
within the area still carry out normal border control procedures when entering the area for the first time.

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