Where are migrants distributed? Ch 3 KI 1 Where are migrants distributed?

Mobility Mobility is most generalized term that refers to all types of movements Short-term and repetitive acts of mobility are referred to as circulation. Ex. College students moving to college each fall and returning home each spring

Permanent Movement A permanent move to a new location constitutes migration. Emigration is migration from a location. Immigration is migration to a location. Place “A” can have individuals migrating away from and to it. Emigrant: Place A → Place B Immigrant: Place B → Place A Difference between the number of immigrants and number emigrants is a place’s net migration

Current Global Migration Approximately 9 percent of the world’s people are international migrants. Global pattern reflects migration tendencies from developing countries to developed countries. Net Out-Migration Asia, Latin America, and Africa Net In-Migration North America, Europe, and Oceania http://migrationsmap.net Intro Discussion on Push/Pull Factors

Ravenstein’s Laws Most migrants move only a short distance. There is a process of absorption, whereby people immediately surrounding a rapidly growing town move into it and the gaps they leave are filled by migrants from more distant areas, and so on until the attractive force [pull factors] is spent. There is a process of dispersion, which is the inverse of absorption. Each migration flow produces a compensating counter-flow. Long-distance migrants go to one of the great centers of commerce and industry. Natives of towns are less migratory than those from rural areas. Females are more migratory than males. Economic factors are the main cause of migration.

Migratory Divisions Migration can be divided into two categories. International Migration- permanent move from one country to another Voluntary Forced Internal Migration- permanent move within the same country Interregional Intraregional

Universal Declaration of Human Rights The UN adopted the UDHR in 1948 with a 48-0-8 vote. Many new nations to the UN have adopted the UDHR. Sadly, there are few nations, not even the US, that abides by all 30 articles. Holds the World Record for “Most Translated Document” Article 13 – Freedom to Move Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. The Story of Human Rights The 30 Rights

Human Trafficking – Forced Migration Human trafficking is: Modern-Day Slavery An underground industry that makes information difficult. A $7-$30 billion dollar industry. That makes human trafficking the world’s 3rd largest criminal industry behind drug and weapons trading. 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year

What is human trafficking? PROCESS WAY/MEANS GOAL recruitment threat prostitution transportation coercion pornography transferring abduction violence/sexual exploitation harboring fraud forced labor receiving deceit involuntary servitude deception debt bondage (unfair wages) abuse of power slavery For adults, victim consent is irrelevant if one of the Means is employed. For children, consent is irrelevant with or without the Means category.

Where is human trafficking a problem? Human trafficking is a problem all over the world. As the map shows, human trafficking is an issue that spans the globe involving countries rich and poor. ` \www.endexploitation.org

US Migration Patterns U.S. has more foreign-born residents than any other country: approximately 43 million as of 2010—growing by 1 million annually. Three main eras of immigration in the U.S. Colonial settlement in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Mass European immigration in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries Asian and Latin American integration in the late Twentieth and early twenty-first centuries

Map Work: Display this data on a world map

The US Immigration System After reading these two articles… Complete the associated Immigration Questions Is there more to immigration than is presented in the articles? Who is Dayani Cristal? Inside Man: Immigration