Migration in the past and present

Migration in the past and present

1. Migration in the past

   • Mobility is a human’s characteristic. Humanity began knowing its surroundings and adapted
   • It marked the world history, for example,the big displacements in Asia, the conquests of North Africa and the invasion of Northern Europeans to the Roman Empire.

2. Migration and modernity

   • MODERNITY: in the 16th century, millions of people left Europe to conquer, almost always by force, new territories in America, Africa, and Oceania. In some cases that actionreached genocide.
   • VIOLENCE: around 10 million people from Africa were violently displaced and subjected to slavery by the colonial system.
   • DEVELOPMENT: industrialization, in the 19th and 20th centuries, 50 million people from Europe migrated to America, and main points of destination for the population from America,Africa and Asia.

3. Globalization

   • At the end of the 20th century, migrations accelerated on the world in the middle of thecrisesof the capitalist system
     • To eliminate customs barriers and products. The migration of the business sector and highly qualified professionals.
       • 3% of the world's population lives in another country, 14 million have requested refuge, 26 million are forcibly displaced, and 740 million people who have permanently changed their residence with in their countries

4. Migration in Latin American

   • Several migrations that have taken place from the first settlements to the present.
   • In the Aboriginal Era the great empires caused important forced migrations.
   • The conquest of America was related to large migratory processes of people from Europe and Africa.

5. Types of migration

   • Three types: Definitive migrations, temporary migrations, and Stationary migrations.
   • Places of destination: internal migration, international migration, and cross-border migration.
   • Legal point of view: Regular migrations and irregular migrations.

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