Midterm

Question 1

Migrant

Answer 1

Someone living outside their country for a year or more

Question 2

Forced migrant

Answer 2

People who have been forced to leave their own country because of conflict, persecution, or environmental reasons

Question 3

Convention refugee

Answer 3

Person outside his/her country or habitual residence

Question 4

Asylum seeker

Answer 4

Person who has applied for international protection, which is judged by UN convention
-Successful applicants are given refugee status

Question 5

Refugee

Answer 5

Someone who is outside their country of nationality for fear of being persecuted

Question 6

Internationally displaced person’s

Answer 6

People who have fled their homes but have been unable to leave their countries

Question 7

Irregular migrants

Answer 7

Migrants who enter a country without or with fake documents, or enter legal but stay after visa or work permit has expired
-Have bridged administrative rules and regulations

Question 8

Transnational communities

Answer 8

Some migrants have begun to live in between nations
-Maintain social, economic, and political contacts w people and places in their country of origin that transcend national boundaries

Question 9

Diaspora

Answer 9

When migrants from one region living in the same destination country come together in formal organizations

Question 10

Brain drain

Answer 10

The most skilled people are selected for migration, leaving their country of origin with a depletion of these skills

Question 11

Circular migration

Answer 11

Migrants return home for a short period of time then migrate again

Question 12

Hospitality

Answer 12

Hosting capability in relation to a foreigner

Question 13

Migration push factors

Answer 13

War, climate change, persecution

Question 14

Pull factors

Answer 14

Family, new opportunities

Question 15

Low to high agency migration (involuntary to voluntary)

Answer 15

Forced, economic, family, amenity seeking/lifestyle

Question 16

Colony

Answer 16

a) country/area under full or partial control of another country
b) Group of people of one nationality/ethnic group living in a foreign city or country
c) Biology: Animals/plants living close together; fungi/bacteria grown from single spore

Question 17

Colonize & colonization

Answer 17

A country sending a group of settlers to a place some distance from the country, establishing political control over some outside entity, or control for their own use

Question 18

Colonialism

Answer 18

Acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and/or exploiting it economically

Question 19

Settler colonialism

Answer 19

Large-scale immigration by settlers to colonies/settlements (motivated by religious, political, economic reasons)

Question 20

Exploitation colonialism

Answer 20

Fewer settlers, focuses on exploitation of natural resources or labour for the benefit of the home country

Question 21

Trade colonialism

Answer 21

Colonialist ventures in support of trade opportunities for merchants

Question 22

Territorial conquest

Answer 22

Proclaims sovereignty

Question 23

Imperialism

Answer 23

A broader category than colonialism; large scale power, domination, control

Question 24

Dominations

Answer 24

The practice of power, relying primarily on coercion

Question 25

Hegemony

Answer 25

Supports domination; practice or power rests on consent

Question 26

Types of colonies in the roman empire

Answer 26

1.Coast-guard military “plantations” along coasts of Italy
2.Military “colonies” established in conquered territories; somewhat larger
3.Veteran “colonies”. Begins late 2nd century BCE for releasing land pressure, and making land available for landless freedmen
4.Later, “colonia” used to refer to highest rank an urban community could attain

Question 27

Hospitality according to Bully

Answer 27

It can be positive and negative
Can be abusive by guests or host
There is complete openness and varying degrees of closure, & they both require each other
Hospitality is a “spatial relational practice” which differentiates it from other ethical practices

Question 28

Durable solutions for refugees

Answer 28

Returning home
Local integration
Third-country resettlement

Question 29

Models of integration

Answer 29

Assimilation and multiculturalism

Question 30

Frameworks for becoming citizens/understanding citizenship

Answer 30

ius sanguinus (law of the blood) and ius soli (law of the soil)
-All modern states have citizenship rules based on a combination of these 2 principles

Question 31

ius sanguinus

Answer 31

One needs to be descended from a national of the country in question

Question 32

ius soli

Answer 32

Birth in the territory of the country

Question 33

Impacts of migration in receiving societies

Answer 33

Economic impact
Political impact
Demographic deficit (population sinking)
Enriching societies and cultures

Question 34

Migration from below

Answer 34

Low access to power
Migrating units remain as minorities until a wave of advance

Question 35

Migration from above

Answer 35

High access to power
Migration as means of territorial conquest, often becoming new majority & assimilating or displacing earlier population

Question 36

Absolute title

Answer 36

Is held by the crown, is “higher than aboriginal title”

Question 37

60s scoop

Answer 37

Mid 50s-90s
Over 30 000 indigenous children removed from families by Governments and placed in non-indigenous households
Some children sold/auctioned for farm labour

Question 38

Difference b/w migrant and refugee

Answer 38

Migrant chooses to move; refugee is forced