Migration, identity and Sovereignty - Quick fire questions Part 1

Where are China’s SEZ’s located?

Along the coast to encourage TNC’s to set up there

Has globalisation increased or decreased migration?

Increased

What is the main basis of the Schengen Agreement?

It allows for the free movement of people between other Schengen countries

What does the size of a country’s migrant population depend on?

How involved it is in the global economy, international trade and views on migration

Why did Japan loosen its policies on migration?

Concerns over an ageing population and labour shortages

What are refugees?

People forced to flee their home country due to persecution, conflict or changes in the environment

What are asylum seekers?

People who have fled their home country but don’t have any official visas or documents

What are economic migrants?

People who move for work or to join family, often known as ‘voluntary’ migrants

What are Mediterranean migrants faced with when in Europe?

Unhygienic conditions, lack of sheltered accomodation and hostility from authorities

What is one word to describe a free-market society?

Neoliberalism

Name three key neoliberalism policies

Freetrade, open borders and deregulated financial markets

What do some people believe that open borders compromise?

National sovereignty

What three factors affect people’s ability to migrate?

Nationality, income and skills

What is assimilation?

The process where migrants adapt the views and values of their host country often losing their original identity

Which European country had the highest number of EU migrants in 2019?

Germany

Where do most Mexican migrants who move to the US live?

California and Texas

What is a nation state?

A country or territory that is recognised as an independent sovereign nation by its citizens and other countries

What is one word to describe Iceland’s population?

Homogenous

What has caused Iceland’s population to be the way it is?

Isolation formed from its geographical position

What is one word to describe Singapore’s population?

Diverse

Why is Singapore’s population the way it is?

A long history of migration and its central location on trade routes

What do many borders follow?

Physical barriers

How have historical borders contribute to tensions?

Historical borders didn’t take into account social differences and split up many ethnic and religious groups

What is the name of the line drawn through the Middle East by Britain and France?

The Sykes-Picot agreement