Migration and Globalisation Flashcards

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migration - push factors

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conditions that drive people to leave their home country

forceful

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migration - pull factors

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conditions that attract people to a new country

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migration - globalisation

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living globally used to be for the elites but now involved ordinary people who want a better standard of living

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migration - effects of globalisation

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  • immigration from and emigration to EU
  • undocumented workers that come illegal and exploited by human-trafficking
  • asylum seekers escaping persecution
  • cultural diversity; different cultures/ways of life, hybrid families
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migration - effects of globalisation (changing families)

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eastern europe ave large families contributing to baby boom in 2000’s
global family networks as migrants maintain relationships with their families
purchase of intimacy
surrogate mothers
mail-order brides
family personal care
prostitution

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migration - pattern 1990-2000

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1930’s - white refugees fled to britain from europe to escape nazi
1950’s - new commonwealth countries encouraged to immigrate, transformed britain into more ethnically diverse country

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migration - pattern 2000s onwards

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2004-2007 - net migration peaked due to immigrants of citizens from countries who joined the EU

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migration - impact of migration since 2001

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fear of immigrants threatening british culture/values
anti-immigrant political policies (UKIP)
migrant workers make key contributors to economy, health, social care, take on jobs unwanted by british workers
EU countries now have strict immigration controls - min income £18,600 before citizens can bring non-brutish family, breaking up 17,800 families p/year
easier for those with money to migrate than the poor

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