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INTRODUCTION

The definition of Immigration is considering the act of someone coming to live in a different country. Also, it is the process of examining someone’s passport and other documents to make sure that the person can be allowed to enter the State or the place where this is done. Customs is the authority in the respective region an individual enters that is responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of all goods. At airports, Customs is a restricted area better known as "Sterile Area" where passengers have several, and it is the last step before being allowed into the country. Once a passenger is cleared and processed from Customs, he or she is not let to come back under any circumstances.

Before aviation, the immigration journey began on foot, horseback, train, and boat. As new technology was developed, conventional vessels turned into powerful ships which were the primary method of transportation and commerce overseas. Many people trekked hundreds of miles across the land to reach a harbor or docking facility. Once they were at the coast, passengers jumped on board of a steamship. A trip across the Atlantic Ocean lasted one to two weeks from Europe to America and vice versa. Back then, passengers were divided based on social class and economic status. The only passengers assigned in the staterooms and cabins were those in first and second-class. However, most people could not afford this and ended up in third-class better known as "steerage" which was an open space at the bottom of the ship. Over 3,000 people crowded the vessel. They often came from different regions, spoke different languages and dialects, and belonged to different cultures and religions. However, global immigration would not be the same after aviation.

When people first began to take advantage of aviation to emigrate to other countries, there were no law and regulations created. People flew long distances in great masses, and it became challenging to keep track of the numbers of flights and the people coming in and out. It was not but after groups of immigrants had settled in new lands where a considerable amount of States agreed on creating an immigration law to regulate and control the immigration movement. Unfortunately, this took quite some time as some States wished to make it harder for people from certain places to fly there while others wanted to make it easier (Hamilton, J. S., & Nilsson, S. 2015). By the time the States agreed, there was over twice the number of immigrants coming in airplanes than in any other sort of transportation. International air law refers to the rules and regulations that impact global air transport. Just as each country has an agency that facilitates the Immigration Process, the State an individual enters will have its laws and regulations regarding the import and export of goods into and out of a nation. It is the responsibility of the respective customs agency to enforce these policies.

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