Global Migration: Meaning and Concept

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Globalization

________ has made migration possible and an inevitable fact.

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global migration

As defined by Cambridge dictionary, _______ is a situation in which people go to live in foreign countries especially to find a job.

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migration

the term _______ is often conceptualized as a move from an origin to a destination, or from a place of birth to another destination across administrative borders within a country or international borders.

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Internal migration

This refers to people moving from one area to another within one country

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International migration

This refers to the movement people who cross the borders of one country to another.

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immigrants

First are those who move permanently to another country (______).

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workers

The second refers to _______ who stay in another country for a fixed period (at least 6 months in a year)

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Illegal immigrants

_____ comprise the third group, while the fourth are migrants whose families have “petitioned” them to move to the destination country.

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migrants

Illegal immigrants comprise the third group, while the fourth are ____whose families have “petitioned” them to move to the destination country.

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refugees

The fifth group are _______ (also known as assylum-seekers), i.e., those “unable or 92 unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of persecution on acccount of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. “

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United States

The _____ faces a major influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Central American states

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fence

A ______is being constructed on the US-Mexico border to control this flow of people.

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specialized organizations

As a result, _____ play a major role in the transmission of remittances.

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Philippines

In terms of remittances, the ____is one of the leaders when it comes to the flow of remittances ($14.7 billion), next to India ($24.5 billion) and China ($21.1 billion).

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24.5 billion

In terms of remittances, the Philippines is one of the leaders when it comes to the flow of remittances ($14.7 billion), next to India ($____) and China ($21.1 billion).

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21.1 billion

In terms of remittances, the Philippines is one of the leaders when it comes to the flow of remittances ($14.7 billion), next to India ($24.5 billion) and China ($______).

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push and pull

People decide to migrate because of ____ factors.

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push factor

A ______ induces people to move out of their present location

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pull factor

a ____ induces people to move into a new location.

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Cultural factor

_________ can be especially a compelling push factor, forcing people to emigrate from a country.

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slavery and political instability

Forced international migration has historically occurred for two main cultural reasons: _______.

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Socio-political factors

________ have become more prominent force to initiate migration activities.

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Social conflict

_______ forces millions of human creature to leave sometimes their homes and even their homeland every year to continue breathing on this planet.

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human relocation

Despite the fact that _____ is a fundamental piece of history and culture of world, ecological change assumes a contributing part in influencing populace movement, especially on local level.

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International Organisation of Migration

According to IOM (_________): “Environmental migrants are persons or groups of persons who, for compelling reasons of sudden or progressive changes in the environment that adversely affect their lives or living conditions, are obliged to leave their habitual homes, or choose to do so, either temporarily or permanently, and who move either within their country or abroad”. 2

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Environmental migrants

______ commonly suffer with great risks to remain without legal protection.

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The European Commission

According to ________, “The greatest single impact of climate change could be on human migration with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding, and agricultural disruption—a crisis in the making.”

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Migration

_________ is a process affecting individuals and their families economically.

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Migration

It ensues as a response to economic development along with social and cultural factors.

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remittances

Moreover, in contributing to foreign exchange earnings, _____- can spur economic growth by improving sending countries’ credit worthiness and expanding their access to international capital markets’.

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Return migration

________- has always put impacts on, at various levels, of economy as well as society in whole.

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244 million

According to World Migration Report published in 2018, “The total estimated _______ people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2015 is almost 100 million more than in 1990 (when it was 153 million), and over three times the estimated number in 1970 (84 million).While the proportion of international migrants globally has increased over this period, it is evident that the vast majority of people continue to live in the country in which they were born.

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2015

According to World Migration Report published in 2018, “The total estimated 244 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in ____ is almost 100 million more than in 1990 (when it was 153 million), and over three times the estimated number in 1970 (84 million).While the proportion of international migrants globally has increased over this period, it is evident that the vast majority of people continue to live in the country in which they were born.

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100 million

According to World Migration Report published in 2018, “The total estimated 244 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2015 is almost _______ more than in 1990 (when it was 153 million), and over three times the estimated number in 1970 (84 million).While the proportion of international migrants globally has increased over this period, it is evident that the vast majority of people continue to live in the country in which they were born.

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1990

According to World Migration Report published in 2018, “The total estimated 244 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2015 is almost 100 million more than in ___ (when it was 153 million), and over three times the estimated number in 1970 (84 million).While the proportion of international migrants globally has increased over this period, it is evident that the vast majority of people continue to live in the country in which they were born.

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153 million

According to World Migration Report published in 2018, “The total estimated 244 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2015 is almost 100 million more than in 1990 (when it was ____), and over three times the estimated number in 1970 (84 million).While the proportion of international migrants globally has increased over this period, it is evident that the vast majority of people continue to live in the country in which they were born.

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1970

According to World Migration Report published in 2018, “The total estimated 244 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2015 is almost 100 million more than in 1990 (when it was 153 million), and over three times the estimated number in ___ (84 million).While the proportion of international migrants globally has increased over this period, it is evident that the vast majority of people continue to live in the country in which they were born.

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84 million

According to World Migration Report published in 2018, “The total estimated 244 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2015 is almost 100 million more than in 1990 (when it was 153 million), and over three times the estimated number in 1970 ()_____).While the proportion of international migrants globally has increased over this period, it is evident that the vast majority of people continue to live in the country in which they were born.

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72%

Most international migrants in 2015 (around ___) were of working age (20 to 64 years of age), with a slight decrease in migrants aged less than 20 between 2000 and 2015 (17% to 15%), and a constant share 159 (around 12%) of international migrants aged 65 years or more since 2000.

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20 to 64

Most international migrants in 2015 (around 72%) were of working age (___ years of age), with a slight decrease in migrants aged less than 20 between 2000 and 2015 (17% to 15%), and a constant share 159 (around 12%) of international migrants aged 65 years or more since 2000.

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2000 and 2015

Most international migrants in 2015 (around 72%) were of working age (20 to 64 years of age), with a slight decrease in migrants aged less than 20 between ______ (17% to 15%), and a constant share 159 (around 12%) of international migrants aged 65 years or more since 2000.

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17% to 15%

Most international migrants in 2015 (around 72%) were of working age (20 to 64 years of age), with a slight decrease in migrants aged less than 20 between 2000 and 2015 (______), and a constant share 159 (around 12%) of international migrants aged 65 years or more since 2000.

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12%

Most international migrants in 2015 (around 72%) were of working age (20 to 64 years of age), with a slight decrease in migrants aged less than 20 between 2000 and 2015 (17% to 15%), and a constant share 159 (around __ ) of international migrants aged 65 years or more since 2000.