How Migration Affects Society
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EXPLAIN AND EVALUATE THE ARGUMENT WHICH IS SUMMARISED IN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE CREATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE, PLACES AND INSTITUTIONS
Migration affects us all indirectly or directly from people migrating to look for work or to join their families to the food we eat in restaurants often cooked by migrants to the fruit we buy that has been picked by migrants. (Audio CD 2 'Thinking about Migration' - Raghuram).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) defines ”long-term international migrant as someone who changes his or her country of usual residence for a period for a at least a year, so that the country of destination becomes the country of usual residence.”
Below are the main types of migrants. :
An economic migrant moves to another country improve his economic status.
Internal migrants who move within the country
A refugee is an international migrant who has had to flee his country due to danger of persecution because of his race, religion or nationality
An asylum-seeker who is waiting to have his refugee status justified
viamun.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/2007handout06.pdf (accessed 17 August 2010)
One study demonstrated that total income from immigrants rose from £33.8 billion between 1999-2000 to £41.2 billion in 2003-2004. (Sriskandarajah et al., 2005, p. 12)
According to theorist Adam Smith in his book 'The Wealth of Nations', a person's economic worth rises with their education, experience and skills. (Raghuram p 173-174).
Some migrants are more valued than others especially if they are young, educated and have good jobs so therefore will contribute to the population by having children, have a long working life and will pay higher taxes.
Migrants with transferrable skills such as medical, IT are also highly valued by prospective employers.
Asylum seekers are valued less favourably than legal migrants as they do not always speak English, they may have a different religion, and there is no shared...
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE CREATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE, PLACES AND INSTITUTIONS
Migration affects us all indirectly or directly from people migrating to look for work or to join their families to the food we eat in restaurants often cooked by migrants to the fruit we buy that has been picked by migrants. (Audio CD 2 'Thinking about Migration' - Raghuram).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) defines ”long-term international migrant as someone who changes his or her country of usual residence for a period for a at least a year, so that the country of destination becomes the country of usual residence.”
Below are the main types of migrants. :
An economic migrant moves to another country improve his economic status.
Internal migrants who move within the country
A refugee is an international migrant who has had to flee his country due to danger of persecution because of his race, religion or nationality
An asylum-seeker who is waiting to have his refugee status justified
viamun.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/2007handout06.pdf (accessed 17 August 2010)
One study demonstrated that total income from immigrants rose from £33.8 billion between 1999-2000 to £41.2 billion in 2003-2004. (Sriskandarajah et al., 2005, p. 12)
According to theorist Adam Smith in his book 'The Wealth of Nations', a person's economic worth rises with their education, experience and skills. (Raghuram p 173-174).
Some migrants are more valued than others especially if they are young, educated and have good jobs so therefore will contribute to the population by having children, have a long working life and will pay higher taxes.
Migrants with transferrable skills such as medical, IT are also highly valued by prospective employers.
Asylum seekers are valued less favourably than legal migrants as they do not always speak English, they may have a different religion, and there is no shared...