Studying For the Migration Test

Today in class, on December 10, we talked about the essay questions a bit more and took notes. We have a test on migration tomorrow, which I am going to study for, by writing this blog on my notes.

• Migration is a permanent move somewhere versus mobility which is short-term and repetitive.
• Two types of migration: international, move to a different country, and internal, a move within a country. 
• Reasons to be accepted into asylum:
• race, religion, nationality, political beliefs, social groups, and domestic violence 
• Metering: the limit of asylum seekers. 
• 2 main reasons for visa acceptance 
• specific employment placement 
• family reunification 
• Northern and Western Europe have the highest per capita income 
• results in attracting immigrants 
• they take low skill and status jobs that residents won't do 
• Agreements, like the 1985 Schenyen Treaty, give immigrants the right to hold a job, live there, own property elsewhere
• Countries have adopted immigration policies to reduce the number of immigrants 
• View from the U.S, motives to enter illegally (pull forces) 
• employment opportunities
• family 
• better way of life 
• View from Mexico 
• Northern Mexico wants compassion for their immigrants 
• Southern Mexico is less tolerant because they have to deal with many unauthorized immigrants 
• Immigration concerns in the U.S 
• border patrol 
• workplace
• civil rights
• local initiatives
• Immigration concerns in Europe 
• Culture or language will be changed our lost due to immigrants 
• Population growth due to immigrants, which is disliked