WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE?

FAST FIVE ON THE WIPE BOARDS 1. STATE A SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL PUSH FACTOR 2. WHAT’S THE TOP REASON PEOPLE MIGRATE? 3. WHAT’S AN IDP? 4. DUE TO TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WHAT COUNTRY VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS USUALLY IMMIGRATE THERE. NAME THE COUNTRY. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REFUGEE AND AN ASYLUM SEEKER BONUS – WHO JUST RECEIVED THE GREEN LIGHT TO BE GRANTED ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES? WHAT IS HIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – ANSWER 1 OR BOTH

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LEE & RAVENSTEIN PUSH/PULL – ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL MOST PEOPLE MIGRATE FOR ECONOMIC REASONS POLITICAL: SLAVERY, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION ON REGUGEES RECOGNIZES 3 GROUPS OF FORCED POLITICAL MIGRATION : 1. REFUGEE: FORCE TO MIGRATE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY DUE TO VARIOUS REASONS 2. INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON: FORCED TO MIGRATE FOR SAME AS #1 BUT HASN’T CROSSED AN INT’L BORDER 3. ASYLUM SEEKER: MIGRATED INTERNATIONALLY IN THE HOPES OF BEING RECOGNIZED AS A REFUGEE

ECONOMIC PUSH & PULL FACTORS US & CANADA MAJOR DESTINATIONS FOR ECO MIGRANTS IRELAND: NET OUT MIGRATION MOST OF 20 TH BUT 1990’S NET IN MIGRATION DUE TO ECO PROSPERITY BUT…2008 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REFUGEES & ECONOMIC MIGRANTS DUE TO HOW THEY ARE TREATED ECO: NOT ADMITTED UNLESS HAVE UNIQUE SKILL, CLOSE RELATIVE & REFUGEES SPECIAL PRIORITY TEMPORARY/GUEST WORKERS – ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE $$$$$$ MIGRANT WORKERS: 14 OF 16 COUNTRIES W/ HIGHEST PER CAPITA INOME ARE IN N & W EUROPE GUEST WORKERS FROM S&E EURO TO N&W EURO HISTORICALLY BUT THEN TURKEY & N. AFRICA & TODAY E. EUROPE, POLAND/ROMANIA FOREIGN BORN POPULATION IN EUROPE ONLY ½ OF U.S.

ASIA SOURCE & DESTINATION MOST MIGRANTS FROM SE CHINA & LIVING IN SE ASIA, US, EUROPE ECONOMY HAS BEEN PULL FOR OTHERS FROM SE ASIA TO CHINA SUCH AS VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, THAILAND SW ASIA – DRILL BABY DRILL (OIL) IS HUGE PULL FOR MANY IN SE ASIA- PHILIPPINES, S. ASIA-INDIA, PAKISTAN, ALSO EGYPT & YEMEN PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT DEEMS ONLY ISRAEL & OMAN FRIENDLY TO THEIR PEOPLE OTHER SW ASIAN COUNTRIES DON’T TREAT FILIPINOS WELL WHAT ARE THE FEARS OF OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF MASSIVE IMMIGRATION? POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS UNREST & ABANDONMENT OF ISLAMIC TRADITION, CULTURE & VALUES

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