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Migration
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- 1What is a MigrantAccording to Schiller migrants often live thier lives in more than one nation-state at the same time. They are simultaneously here and there. So they work across borders and make daily decisions with a network of people.
- 2What kind of migrants are there?Singles (males, females)/ couples/families
Short term/long term/seasonal
Temporary/permanent - 3What are the social and cultural impacts of migration on local populations?Tension over jobs/ national health and social care
Providing labour that is required and missing (Australia and its specific entry points system)
Ethnic conflicts
Local population is faced with new religions, values, norms, foods, etc
Population may become more tolerant or accepting of differences - 4What are the social and cultural impacts of migration on the migrants themselves?Change in kinship, mixing of ethnic groups or no need for larger extended families
Issues for second generation migrants (hybrid identity, sense of belonging)
Culture freeze
Choosing some traditions to remain and losing others (Giddens)
Deterritorialisation (and reterritorialisation as a outcome)
Localisation, adjusting to the way of life - 5What are the political and economic consequences of migration?Economic:
remittance economies (some send upto 60% of their pays checks home in form of remittance)
Political:
Home country - losing skilled and traditional labour (brain drain), gendered labour is strained as the men leave and children and women are left remaining, countries may get over dependent on the remittance economy
Host country - losing economic money through remittance, social health and care is put under strain, similarly is housing, local communities are more isloted as ethnic enclaves are created - 6Migration and gender issueswomen may be exposed to way of life that is significantly different to what they know (migrants from Bangladesh have more freedom and equality
Men may be left behind to undertake the "female roles" (such as in Vietnam)
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