Migration case studies (Alessio) Flashcards
What is happening in china?
people want to move to the south eastern coastal cities as these are the trade centres of china. People move here from northern provinces and areas such as SIchuan seeking jobs.
China pull factors
The coast’s main pull factors are the large factories in the area
other pull factors of the coast are the better education, healthcare and more high paying jobs
Push factors
Almost all jobs are primary sector jobs. There is near to no progression in these areas.
Their income is unstable, In the mountainous regions there are droughts 9 out of every 10 years.
Increasing income inequality between southeastern china and central china.
CCP plans for internal migration
The government plans to expand the urban population by 200 million in the next 10 years, as they need more consumers to recover their debt.
Migrants are not allowed free schooling. They have to rely on NGO projects due to the Hukou System, which means that they can only register in one place of permanent residence.
Syria case study: When, why, how
6 million fled and 6 million have been internally displaced by 2021
2900 white helmets based in 120 centers across the country
Syrian Diaspora abroad
approximately 5.5 million refugees – live in neighboring countries Turkey alone hosts the largest population – 3.6 million.
1 Million in europe (70% of which are in germany)
Impacts of emigration
30-60% of all physicians in the country left, its becoming especially rare to find specialist doctors in many fields.
Worsened education system, remaining unis are forced to used pen and paper. one regime-controlled private university expressed that they have enough funding but have to follow an outdated curriculum
Social Impacts of syrian’s abroad
Huge numbers of migrants have led to far right parties such as the AfD gaining traction in germany.
The AfD was the strongest party in Saxony in the last Bundestag elections
Banana gate incident:
In turkey, Syrians are subject to Xenophobia as Turks complain that they are living better than the local population. This culminated in the banana gate incident in 2021, which caused 45 Syrians to be deported
Environmental impacts of syrians abroad
Jordan:
the Northern Governorates Irbid and Mafraq have been affected by the influx of Syrian refugees where the population increase has caused a significant additional demand for water, resulting in local water shortages.
The overall demand for water has increased by 40% in the Northern Governorates in the last few years as a direct result of hosting Syrian refugees.
More than 50% of the total groundwater abstraction is unsustainable due to overexploitation or abstraction from nonrenewable fossil aquifers
Economic impacts of syrians in host countries
More competition for lower skill jobs in Lebanon. (downward wage pressure)
sustaining Germany’s large manufacturing Workforce
