Case Study - African to EU Migration - Libya to Italy
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- Conflict / Racism with migrators and locals
- Due to Libyan's taking low skilled jobs that younger Italians want
- African to EU Migration - Libya to Italy
- Positives for Libya
- Money earned can be sent back to Africa (negative for Italy)
- Negatives for Libya
- Population decrease
- Left with older less skilled people
- Positives for Italy
- Good for reputation of the country
- Impact on local business'
- Fill low skilled jobs / informal sector (cheap / low paid jobs / black market jobs)
- Negatives for Italy
- Increase in population
- Libyan's don't pay tax
- Homelessness Impacts Tourism
- More crime in Italy and migrators from Libya (organised crime)
- Conflict / Racism with migrators and locals
- Due to Libyan's taking low skilled jobs that younger Italians want
- Increase in unemployment - impacts younger workers / low skilled jobs
- Facts
- 23 000 Libyans travelled to Italy in 2012
- Before the civil war there was a pact bewteen Italy/Libya to stop migration
- Pact collapsed in 2012 - resulted in mass tourism
- Many Libyans held on island of Lampedusa (detention centre)
- Detention centre for Libyans moving illegally
- Economic migrants - can be sent back to Libya
- Refugee's - allowed in country (Italy)
- Detention centre for Libyans moving illegally
- Solutions
- Increased sea patrols in Italian Navy
- Greater border controls in Libya
- EU Countries to share refugee's
- Greece, Spain, Italy and France - all close to Africa & want to share refugee's with Northern Countries in the EU - they do not agree so will not happen
- Pull Factors - Italy (Host Country)
- Closest EU country to Libya
- Population growth 0.3%
- Life expectancy 80
- Better employment - tourism / farming in south
- MEDC
- Push Factors - Libya (Source Country)
- 2012 was a Civil War in Libya - More Refugee movement
- 5% have HIV between 16 - 35 years
- Population growth increses by 2.8% (LEDC)
- Life expectancy in Libya 47
- Primary school enrolement 65%
- Positives for Libya
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