ECOLOGICAL AND MORAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE ROLE OF POPULATION MIGRATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The impact of population migration on the moral environment has become especially obvious in the era of globalization. This was caused by the acceleration of the process of migration of people from one country to another due to economic, political and cultural factors during the period of globalization. In order to present a holistic view of the transformation processes associated with the impact of modern migration on the moral environment, it is necessary to pay special attention to external migration of the population, which is explained by going beyond the administrative and political borders of Countries State. However, today the share of internal migration that occurs without leaving the country is several times higher than external migration1. Specifically, the number of internal migrants was 740 million in 2009, and the number of international migrants was 221 million in 2010. That is, the number of internal migrants was almost 3.3 times higher than the number of international migrants who crossed the country’s borders. However, internal migration does not affect the transformation of the moral environment to the same extent as external migration. Because migration of the population within the country, carried out due to factors such as study, work, treatment, in most cases occurs within the same moral and cultural environment, does not require a change in the moral character of migrants, especially since such migration processes are usually short-term. At their destination, internal migrants are usually confronted with moral principles that are considered normal for them, or they do not have enough time to learn new moral norms and change moral ideals.