400 THE INTERNATIONAL WORK MIGRATION Alin TOMUȘ 1 , Ovidiu Valentin BOC 2 1 PhD Student, Alba Iulia, „1 Decembrie 1918” University (Romania) 2 PhD Student, Alba Iulia, „1 Decembrie 1918” University (Romania), Email: ovidiuboc26@gmail.com Abstract: The study focuses on the phenomenon of labor migration and its impact on citizens and individuals in the community in all aspects of life and studies the main theories on this topic and the types of factors that determine international migration: factors of country of origin, country of origin destination, individual factors and barriers to migration. International labor migration can be viewed at the societal level in its ambivalent aspects, inducing both positive and negative effects on geographical areas. Clearly, this phenomenon of migration is a challenge for governments to balance development needs but also levels of social anxiety resulting from the general perception that immigrants structurally change, in a negative sense, the access to the labor market of the citizens of that state. Keywords: migration, immigration, emigration, labor, sociology Before defining the social problem, we need to define the two terms by correlating the problem with its social character or, on the contrary, with the lack of characteristics that transform a problem into a social one. The involvement of the social systems in this problem, usually to a general level, transforms it into a social problem, if it interferes with the cultural values of a system. Still, this is not enough, especially since the identification of the social problems can be perceived itself as a social process (Albu, 1987). In context, we theoretically approach the necessity of the control level for some groups in this process, taking in consideration the fact that the identification of the social problems is often connected to the interests of the dominant groups. An eloquent example could be the consumption of drugs, which was not considered a social problem before 1960, a period when the consumption habits reached the superior strata of the society. If the consumption of drugs was a constant reality for the minority and poor population, the public actions were reduced. Another approach of the social problems considers that the social problems are subjectively determined. Depending on the values of the societies to a specific time, the discussed conditions were problems considered to be a normality decades ago, while other things considered to be problems decades ago are a normality these days. Rubington and Weinberg (1971) appreciate that a social problem is a situation incompatible with the values and interests of a significant number of people, who consider necessary to act to change the situation. In this context of cultural perception of a problem, we appreciate that a social problem is a deviation from the values and interests of a group of people with the ability to involve in correcting the deviation toward a social equilibrium. A positive approach defines this social problem by permanently connecting it to the idea of opportunity. Zamfir C. (1994, 2007) writes that the definition of a social problem does not mean only to formulate it, but also a strategy allowing the delimitation of the space, the identification of the problem, the diagnosis of the nature, the determination of the amplitude, the identification of the solutions, and the