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MIGRATION AND MOBILITY PT 1

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PopulationMigration & Mobility

Moving One of the most distinguishing features

of human beings Not everyone migrates Can be repeated and reversed

Unlike birth and death for one individual

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Moving One of the most distinguishing features

of human beings Not everyone migrates Can be repeated and reversed

Unlike birth and death for one individual

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Migration A move from one place to another Usually across a political boundary Involves a permanent change in

residence A time specific process

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Gross Migration

Net Migration

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In-migration – to arrive at a place of destination usually another political entity (county,

city, etc) Out-migration – to leave a place of

origin

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Immigration- to arrive in a country Emigration- to depart from a

country

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Migration occurs in Streams, and Counterstreams

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Return migration Index of dissatisfaction?

Differential migration

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International migration

Internal migration

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Types of migration Primitive migration Group or mass migration Free-individual migration Restricted migration Impelled or forced migration

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Types of Migration

Primitive migration Groups can’t cope with deteriorating

environment

Group or mass migration Migration of a clan or tribe Colonization

Free-individual migration E.g., migration from Europe to US

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Types of Migration

Restricted migration Controls on migration

Impelled migration Migrant has some degree of choice E.g., people fleeing tyrannical regimes

Wealthy Afghans fleeing the Taliban

Forced migration Migrant has no power or control E.g., African slave trade

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Types of Migration

Forced migration – 2 purposes Text says to remove a hostile group

Were Jews in Nazi Germany a “hostile group?” Furnishing an unskilled labor force

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