Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes Chapter 5: Topic 2.12 Flashcards
These regulate the number of workers who can temporarily enter each country to work in specific industries for a defined amount of time. Once the work visa has expired, workers are expected to either renew or return to their sending country.
Guest-worker policies
Policies that allow migrants to sponsor family members who migrate to the country. Other policies allow refugees to migrate quickly in emergencies and allow foreign college students an easy pathway to becoming permanent residents after they graduate.
Family Reunification
A strong dislike of people of another culture
Xenophobia
Immigrants that send money to their family and friends in the country they left
Remittance
When migration out of a country is made up of many highly skilled people
Brain Drain
Neighborhoods filled primarily with people of the same ethnic group, such as “Little Italy” or “Chinatown,” add to the cultural richness of the countries in which they develop
Ethnic Enclaves
Entry of the US into World War 1 in 1917, millions of Americans migrated from the south to cities in the rest of the country
The Great Migration
The movement of people from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and Southwest. People from colder, harsher climates moved to warmer climates
Sun Belt Migration