Global Migration 1. What are the contemporary patterns of global migration?
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- Created on: 05-05-22 19:33
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- What are the contemporary patterns of global migration?
- How global migration can promote stability, growth and development within
and between countries through flows of people, money, ideas and
technology
- Development
- Social remittances such as ideas on democracy, family size, education and marriage
- Migrants can fill skills gaps and shortages in the labour market
- Migrant remittances contribute to economic stability
- Stability
- Youthful migrants contribute to a more balanced age structure where there is an ageing population
- GDP and tax base can be boosted by working migrants
- Migrants can be boosted by working migrants
- Economic growth
- UN 'migration and development' projects involve families, local authorities and public/private service providers
- Skills and knowledge acquired can be taken home by returning migrants
- Diaspora associations create networks which ease flows of skills, financial resources, values and ideas
- Development
- How global migration causes inequalities, conflicts and injustices for people
and places through flows of people, money, ideas and technology
- Inequalities
- Brain drain at origin as younger economically active leave
- Birth rates rise (host) or fall (origin)
- Remittances create inequality between families that receive them and those that don’t
- Conflicts
- Barriers (language, beliefs and customs) divide host community and ‘newcomers’
- Pressure on services at host (education, health and housing)
- Borders become conflict zones between authorities, locals, traffickers and illegal migrants
- Injustices
- Human rights violations of vulnerable migrants (forced labour, human trafficking, exploitation of women)
- Asylum seekers denied work, given limited food, poor access to sanitation and clothing for the duration of application
- The unfortunate situation of refugees (esp in terms of shelter, food, water, medicines and safety) plus the possibility of deportation
- Inequalities
- How global migration can promote stability, growth and development within
and between countries through flows of people, money, ideas and
technology
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