Migration case study Flashcards
Diaspora of communities/UK colonial past
-British Nationality Act in 1948 and the HMS Windrush
-Birmingham
Economic migrants
-Eastern Europe for example Poland (Peterborough and Standford Stone in Cambridgeshire)
Government policies in terms of migration in the UK
-Brexit in 2016
Land grabs
-Gambella region in Ethiopia
-Borneo - oil plantations
Refugees
-Germany
-EU-Turkey deal
-Ukraine
-Syria
Refugee organisations
-World Vision
-UNHCR
Rural to urban (internal) migration
-China
Consequences of rural to urban migration
-The Hukou System
-1-2-4 problem
-The ‘left behind children’
-Shanty Towns
-Rural and urban wealth gap
-Traffic congestion
Benefits of rural to urban migration
-Remittances
-Economic growth in China