Global Migration Flashcards
What are the two types of migration?
Internal Migration and International Migration
refers to people moving from one are to another within one country
Internal Migration
people across borders of one country to another
International Migration
Those who move permanently to another country
Immigrants
stay in another country for a fixed period
Migrants Workers
unable or unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of persecution of account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
refugees (asylum-seekers)
argue that governments must control legal immigration and put a stop to illegal entry of foreigners.
Anti-immigrant groups
Anti-immigrant political leaders are?
US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May
attempted to ban travel into the United States of people from majority-Muslim countries
Trump
What is OECD?
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
predicted that the flow of refugees fleeing them war in Syria and Iraq would actually grow Europe’s GDP, albeit “modestly”.
International Monetary Fund
make significant contributions to the development of small and medium term industries that help generate jobs.
Remittances
This likewise change the economic and social standing of migrants, as shown by new renovated homes and their relatives’ access to new consumer goods.
Remittances
observes that in countries like the Philippines, remittances “do not have a significant influence on other key items of consumption or investment such as spending on education and health care”
Asian Development Bank
siphoning qualified personnel and removing dynamic young workers
Global Migration
The process of siphoning qualified personnel and removing dynamic workers has often been referred to as
Brain Drain
Acc. to ______, countries in Sub- Saharan Africa and Asia have lost one-third of their college graduates
McKinsey Global Institute
What is POEA?
Philippine Overseas Employment Agency
lists human trafficking as the third largest criminal activity worldwide.
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
identified 21 million men, women, and children as victims of “forced labor”
International Labor Organization (ILO)
has been very profitable, earning syndicates, smugglers, and corrupt state officials profits of as high as 150 billion a year.
Human Trafficking
assimilate immigrants and their children by granting citizenship and the rights that go with it
Democratic States
provides initial supports for new Chinese migrants, guiding them in finding work or in setting up their small businesses.
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of California
