Migration Flashcards
More than 1000 people have been killed and nearly 1 million forced from their homes since December in violence involving Christians and Muslims in this country. The UN warns that this conflicts could escalate to genocide.
Central African Republic
Sub-Saharan Africa
This microstate has a foreign-born population that exceeds 40% due to the former guest worker program in Europe; many of the guest workers originally came from Turkey.
Luxembourg
Western Europe
The only group of people to have a larger amount of refugees than this country is the Palestinians. Much of the net-out migration from this country was caused by wars starting with the Russian invasion of this country in 1979.
Afghanistan
Central Asia
To escape the political violence of the two year civil war under the Assad regime, refugees have poured into neighboring countries such as Jordan. There are currently more than 929,000 refugees from this country in Lebanon, 571,000 in Jordan, and over 612,000 in Turkey- total registered refugees has reached almost 2.5 million.
Syria
Southwest Asia
Citizens from this country were once encouraged to migrate to the U.S. Through the Bracero program. In more recent years concern over the flow of illegal immigrants has caused tension between the U.S. and this country. This flow has slowed in recent years due to a weakened U.S. economy, greater threats of deportation and decline in the country of origin’s lowered population.
Mexico
North America
In the 1980’s people who sailed to the U.S. in hopes of immigrating were turned back because they were not considered to be political refugees. The U.S. finally accepted them in only after a lawsuit which claimed discrimination. After a devastating earthquake in 2010 many refugees fled to the Dominican Republic.
Haiti
Caribbean
Immigration to this post-industrial country is discouraged even though their population is declining. This is due to their nearly homogeneous culture.
Japan
East Asia
This country is one of only two countries to not fall prey to imperialism. It was originally set up as a country for freed slaves to return to. It comes in second place as a recipient of remittances.
Liberia
Sub-Saharan Africa
After Fidel Castro took over this country, many political refugees fled to the U.S. The Mariel boat lift brought a second stream of immigrants from this country mostly consisting of mental patients, political prisoners and criminals.
Cuba
Caribbean
This country ranks #1 in remittances sent home. The bulk of these remittances come from Russia.
Tajikistan
Central Asia
This country is seen as the gateway into the Schengen Zone for immigrants from African. Once admitted to this zone, people can travel freely throughout the European Union.
Spain
Western Europe
During the communist era of this country, many people were forced to migrate to the Far North to operate steel mills.
Russia
Eurasia
The enclosure movement in this country consolidated farmland and as a result many people immigrated to the United States.
United Kingdom (Western Europe)
Despite restrictions on movement within this country, the speed of it’s economic development had lead to a rapid internal migration from rural to urban areas. This migration is likely the largest migration in history. The country refers to these migrants as being a “floating population.”
China
East Asia
Forced migration due to ethnic conflict between the Arab Muslims and the Black Muslims in the Darfur region of this county has led to and estimated 1.6 million internally displaced persons.
Sudan
Sub-Saharan Africa
