Migration and Globalization: Immigration and Emigration
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- Migration& Globalization: Immigration& Emigration
- Globalization- Growing interconnectedness of societies across the world
- Migration& Globalization- Big influence on worldwide migration patterns
- PUSH& PULL FACTORS:
- PUSH: Escaping poverty,lack of jobs, effects of wars,& political and religious prosecution
- PULL: Better opportunities for jobs, higher standard of living, healthcare,education, religious freedrom
- 2013- 2 pull reasons to UK= Work-related & for Formal study
- 5% of immigrants are asylum seekers feeling prosecution
- 2013- No. of emigrants were former immigrants from EU returning back to own country
- EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION
- 1. More immigration for EU
- EU immigrant make up 38% of all immigrants
- 2. More undocumented workers (illegally)
- Growing influx of UDW, exploited by UK employment
- 3.More asylum seekers
- March 2014- 24,00 AS= Trying to escape prosectution
- Perceived as large group of undeserving scroungers of benefits
- Only make up 5% of migrants, banned from working, zero gov support
- 4. Greater cultural diversity- "HYBRID FAMILIES"
- 5. Changing of families
- Migrants from Eastern Europe= Larger family-contributed to "baby boom" 2000
- Chambers (2012)- Globalization =More global family networks, Migrants try maintain relationships
- Globalization- "purchase of intimacy"- Criminal trade in trafficking of women
- 2010- 17,000 of 30,000 women involved with prostitution were migrants
- Globalization- "purchase of intimacy"- Criminal trade in trafficking of women
- 1. More immigration for EU
- THE PATTERN OF MIGRATION 1900-2000- 2 PEAKS
- 1930's UP UNTIL 1945- Refugees fled to UK, Escape effects of Nazi occupation& persution
- 1950's and 1960's New Commonwealth= immigration encouraged by British gov , sent recruiting to solve labour shortages , poorly paid occupation= MADE UK AN ETHICALLY DIVERSE COUNTRY
- PATTERN OF MIGRATION 2000S ONWARDS
- Since 2004-7 NM has fluctuated between 180,000& 250,00
- IMPACT OF MIGRATION SINCE 2001
- Every European citizen has the right to work anywhere in UK
- Immigration particularly from poorer countries of EU has become political issue since 2001
- Growing fear of immigrants- Led to success of anti-immigrant parties- UKIP
- Different values, weakening of national culture& identity
- BUT: migrant wroker- key contributions
- Every European citizen has the right to work anywhere in UK
- Globalization- Growing interconnectedness of societies across the world
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