Migration 3 Flashcards
1
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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
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- employment oppotunites for high and low skilled
- wage differentals - remittances
- importance of farmily reunification
-possability of green cards
3
Q
USA
Emigration patterns
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- Mostly return migrants - they earned eniugh miney to reunite with family
- economic migrants - areas with political ties eg: canada
4
Q
USA
migration policies
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- 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
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- 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
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- chinese people / asians setting up busnesses, good for the ecocnomy, and sending remittances rg: yahoo co founder jerry yang
- 480,000 reunification visas, can settle with help from family, and contribute to economy quickly
7
Q
USA
challeneges of migration
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- illegal immigration is common from mexico, USA have to house people whilst processing them, leads to overpopulation. - strain on healthcare if brung over diseases
- immagrent populations are concentrated = water strain
- 80% of immagrentts live in border states = increasing drug trade, banned subastances into usa.
8
Q
LAOS - patterns of internal migration
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- 1/5th of population have migrated internally = most rural to urban
- Laos is female dominated 60% trying to find work in bars and the garment sector
9
Q
LAOS - patterns of immigration
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- mainly from Vietnam = construction and mining eg: bridges linking the countries
10
Q
LAOS - emigration patterns
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- main destination of Thailand = insufficient land for primary sector In Laos due to droughts
- bad education and demand for low skilled jobs
- relocation of ford factory’s to Thailand = many job opportunities
11
Q
LAOS
3 migration policies
A
RECRUITMENT FAIRS - educate about trafficking and warning signs
HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICIES -
Prevention - educate
Protection - shelters, counselling, reintegration
Prosecution - increasing border patrol, research into trafficking routes
ASEAN - allows movement of skilled labour
supra national organisation
12
Q
LAOS - interdependence
High speed rail line
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- Vientiane to China = trade link
- pollution
- taxpayers money would rather be spent on healthcare and education
13
Q
LAOS - interdependence
Don Sahong dam
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- along the Mehong river
- generates electricity
- costs public money
- flooding and displacement
14
Q
LAOS - interdependence
Friendship bridge
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- From Vientiane
- to strengthen trade
- allows access to border for trade overseas
- a lot easier for drug trade and human trafficking
15
Q
LAOS
Migration opportunities
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- migration in Thailand = Remmitances back to LAOS - good as 22% live below poverty line
- political stability = war 200 years ago - now both apart of ASEAN and Asian investment bank
- increasing border patrol mean less people have to be protected and intergrated back into life. educate people so that they can travel legally and send remittances
16
Q
LAOS
Migration challenges
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- Skilled workers leaving to carpentry and mechanic jobs in Thailand, cuz of droughts in Laos, less agriculture work . Laos is 5th worst country for brain drain
- 90% of trafficking from Laos is to Thailand - bad as Laos has to spend more money on prevention, protection and prosecution
- many females leaving for higher wages, however laos majorly relys on the garment sector
