Migration Flashcards
Define: voluntary migrant
a person chooses to move in order to improve their quality of life
Define: economic migrant
someone migrating for better employment opportunities
Define: forced migrant
migrant has no (virtual) no choice but to move, often because their life is at risk
Define: refugee
a person who has left their home country because they have suffered persecution on account of: race/religion/nationality etc
Define: asylum seeker
a person who applied for applied for refugee status
Define: internal migration
rural-urban migration eg China
Most emigration is from * countries
Most immigration is to * countries
(developing/emerging/developed)
- developing
- developed
Define: diaspora
a dispersed group of people with a shared cultural background who have spread internationally from their original background
what factors affect the pattern of international migration
- war/conflict
- political factors
- economic factors
Define: sovereignty
- the authority of a state to govern
globalisation can reduce its impact eg UK leaving the EU
Define: national identity
- refers to the national feeling of being a cohesive whole, which sometimes rises above other identities (eg Scottish nationalism)
Define: selective migration
- different areas of the world accepting different numbers
- only certain groups move eg age/gender/skills/income/religion
What are common misconceptions of migration
- migration cause unemployment amongst indigenous populations
- migrants cause wages rates to fall bc they are prepared to work for less money
- immigrants take advantage of welfare system (health/education)
Why don’t migrants cause unemployment and wages to fall
bc migrants (esp. in usa) have different sets of skills to local workers so end up doing very different jobs
what are indicators of cultural assimilation
- socio-economic status of mirants compared to indigenous populations (income/education/occupation)
- social interaction between migrants and host
- perceptions of national identity/feeling of belonging
factors that affect the rate of assimilation
internal factors from WITHIN the migrant community
- length of residence in host country
- ability to speak the language of host country
- immigrants desire to maintain their cultural identity
- immigrants willingness to embrace culture of host country
factors that affect the rate of assimilation
external factors from OUTSIDE the migrant community
- government policy:
- assimilation policy
- multicultural policy
- social polarisation policy
- attitude of the receiving society
- xenophobia/fearfulness
- racism/violence
- inclusive/welcoming
Define:
- ethnicity
- race
- culture
- differentiates people based on learnt or cultural differences
- differentiates people on grounds of physical characteristics
- is the way of life of people (beliefs/values/reilgion)
define: cultural assimilation
process through which immigrant communities lose their culture distinctiveness by adjusting to the values/allegiances/lifestyles of the host society
(two way process-change in immigrants and host nation culture - produces hybrid culture)
Assimilation-
Treatment of a migrant:
Assimilation policy:
Example:
- treated like an ‘insider’ as they conform to host culture
- melting pot theory
- usa and france
Assimilation-
- melting pot theory
what is it
postive/negative perceptions
- all cultures mix and become ‘americanised’
- positive: integrated/ harmonious society enriched with best elements of different cultures
- negative: loss of negative cultures/immigrants forced to conform
Inclusion-
Treatment of a migrant:
Assimilation policy:
Example:
- treated like an ‘insider’ but allowed and encouraged to retain uniqueness
- multiculturalism
- uk and canada
Inclusion-
- multiculturalism
postive/negative perceptions
eg
positives: cultures learning from each other/enriching each other/strengthening cultural understanding/inclusive society where uniqueness is celebrated
negatives: fractured communities/conflict ridden identity politics/threat to national unity
eg: English words orientate from India eg chutney
Polarisation-
Treatment of a migrant:
Assimilation policy:
Example:
- treated like an ‘outsider’ - there’s little social integration with host society
- social polarisation
- middle east to uae/kahtar
Polarisation-
social polarisation
- what is it
- postive/negative perceptions
- immigrants permitted to work but not “one of us” and thy are sponsored by employee “the Kafala system”
positives: accepting society bc don’t feel culturally threatened/ economic benefits from cheap migrant labour
negatives: human rights violation? treated like ‘slave’, no citizenship rights, local unemployment is high as prefer cheap migrants
types of migration:
- migration
- international (external) migration
- national (internal) migration
- the (semi)permanent movement from one area to another (<12 months)
- migration between countries
- migration within a country
Define:
- immigration
- emigration
- in-migration
- out-migration
- into a diff country
- out of a diff county
eg I move to Italy - I am an immigrant of Italy, and an emmigrant of UK
- into place w/in a county
- out of place w/in a country
eg I move to Leeds - I am an in-migrant of Leeds and an out-migrant of Tenbury
how has globalisation IMPACTED migration
(IMF) the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing amount of cross-border transitions in:
… goods and services/freer interactional capital flows/more rapid+widespread diffusion of technology
how has economic systems impacted migration
the means by which countries/governments distribute resources and trade goods/services
- used to control: labour/capital/entrepreneurs/physical+information resources
how has globalisation ENCOURAGED migration
- increase transport links (cheap/big flights)nam
- global shift (rural-urban)
- development in technology (mobile phones/online making/easy contact)
name two processes which drove urbanisation
- dual-urban migration
- high rates of natural increase in urban areas
Case Study: emerging country: rural-urban migration
China
- world biggest economy
- worlds largest population
- worlds third largest (land area) country
Why do people migrate
motives;
- economic
- family
- education
- lifestyle
- environment
- conflict/war
Neoclassical economic theories:
- push factors (encourage migrants to leave)
- lack of jobs/servies crime - poor education - poverty - political repression
Neoclassical economic theories:
- pull factors (encourage migrants to move to a place)
- better income/job
- political freedom
- educational opportunities
Lee’s model:
Origin_^^^_^_Destination
What do the arrows indicate?
- intervening obstacles
- things people need to over come to love
- if they can, then they migrate
eg family in origin
Modernisation School Theory:
Stage 1: pre-modern traditional society Stage 2: early transitional society Stage 3: late transitional society Stage 4: advanced society Stage 5: future?
Stage 1: very limited migration, only local interval migration eg marriage
Stage 2: some inter-urban migration/mass immigration of low skilled workers from less developed countries
Stage 3: mass rural-urban migration and immigration to attractive foreign destination for settlements
Stage 4: some inter-urban migration/immigration of low skilled labour from less developed countries, but with strict control over immigration
Stage 5: slackening of both rural-urban migration and emigration
Dependancy school - dual labour market theory
- primary labour market - ?
- secondary labour market - ?
- secure/high skilled+waged jobs
- mainly filled by indigenous workers
- insecure, low skill/wage and unpleasant jobs eg factory worker
- this reinforces the undesirability of these jobs for the local labour force
why do forgein workers accept poor conditions/low pay
- people that live here dont want to do those jobs, but they happy too
- better pay then back home
how does social media encourage migration
- technology allowed communications everywhere
- post pictures- attractive
- easy access to jobs/homes
what do migration networks provide potential migrants?
Information about:
- how to overcome “intervening obstacles”
- a potential destination
Contacts in the potential destinations who may be able to help with:
- finding accommodation
- finding jobs
- financial assistance
Case Study: Developed country: rural-urban migration
Spain
What is the core-periphery system
- the uneven spatial distribution of national population and wealth between two or more regions of a country, resulting in flows of migrants trade and investment
Egs: US and Canada
What is Backwash
- flows of people, investment and resources directed from peripheral to core regions
- this process is responsible for the polarisation of regional prosperity between regions within the same country
What is the Schegan Agreement
- the removal of national border controls within the EU
(in 1995) - enables easier movement of people/goods: no passport showing at borders
- UK did not sign
- fears of terrorism/uncontrolled refugee movements
Case study: non-immigration policy
Japan
What is a nation state
a political entity that has sovereignty over its territory (clear boundaries), authority to govern without outside interference and recogntion by other countries
eg self governing cities, kingdoms and empires
Factors that affect a nation state
history
demography
location
physical geography
What is a nation
ethic group + political dimension
Define: cultural dimension
- group of people who share a common cultural heritage (often in form of common language, religion, history and traditions. often a belief in a common descent)
Define: political dimension
- group of people who regard themselves as a “natural” political community with a shared desire to establish or maintain sovereignty