TOPIC 21

TOPIC 21

1. 1. Migration in the past

   • Mobility is a human’s characteristic. In many ways, the history has shown people's movement from one place to another, even from one continent to another. The biggest part of them was forcedly mobilized, not by factors of nature, but by the action of other human beings

2. 2. Migration and modernity

   • In 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 action reached genocide. Europe and the United States begin to be the main points of destination for the population from America, Africa and Asia.

3. 3. Globalization

   • At the end of the 20th century, migrations accelerated on the world in the middle of the crises of the capitalist system, which occurred with the introduction of neoliberalism in the framework of globalization. To this mobility are added at least 740 million people who have permanently changed their residence within their countries.

4. 4. Migration in Latin American

   • The current population of Latin America is the result of several migrations that have taken place from the first settlements to the present. In general, people from all continents, countries and cultures have come, so Latin America is complexly diverse. It is a continent in movement which experiences internal, intraregional and international migration processes.

5. 5. Types of migration

   • If length of stay of people who move is taken into account, there are three types of migration: definitive migration, when those who left do not return to their place of habitual origin or residence; temporary migration, when the departure is for a certain period and stationary migration, when they move to a place by seasons.
     • From the legal point of view, there are: regular migrations, when people can meet all the requirements that a State requests so that people of other nationalities can enter; for example, visas, work permits and censuses.

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