Migration 3 Flashcards
1
Q
USA
patterns of migration
A
- nearly 25% from mexico - bilateral coridoors
- india and china starting up businesses
- other cluntries due to having one of the best education systems in the world
2
Q
USA
attractiveness
A
- employment oppotunites for high and low skilled
- wage differentals - remittances
- importance of farmily reunification
-possability of green cards
3
Q
USA
Emigration patterns
A
- Mostly return migrants - they earned eniugh miney to reunite with family
- economic migrants - areas with political ties eg: canada
4
Q
USA
migration policies
A
- 675,000 - visas ( worldwide limit )
- 480,000 for family reunification ( they could think that they wont send remittances and wont need enough suport )
- temporary visas to environmental migrants
5
Q
USA
interdependace
A
- low skilled mexicans working in USA ( 2% of GDP from remittances )
- mexico benifiting from TNCS
- Bilateral trade = 5 million US jobs created
- Educational exchanges 100,000 a year
6
Q
USA
oppotunites of migration
A
- spanish is now taught inn american schools, more education and more skills so better jobs
- mexicans filling unempolyment gaps
- more mexican culture
7
Q
USA
challeneges of migration
A
- more drug crime - mexico 30 billion
- aging populationin mexico due to brain drain
- migration from rural areas in mexico = less food = starvation
