How do governments affect migration?

How do governments affect migration?

1. The Chinese built the Great Wall to try and stop immigrants from coming into their country

2. Legal Restrictions

   • IMMIGRATION LAWS
     • Were designed to prevent immigration of Chinese people to California
     • In 1901, the Australian government created the Immigration Restriction Act which ended all non white immigration into their country
       • The Australian government created this to stop Japanese, Chinese, and South Asian immigrants

3. Waves of immigration in the United States

   • QUOTAS
     • Established limits by governments on the number of immigrants who enter a country each year
   • SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION
     • Where individuals with certain backgrounds are not allowed to migrate to a country
     • Some of these backgrounds include criminal records, poor health, and subversive activities

4. Post-September 11

   • Since 9-11-01, border control security has increased
   • Before 9-11-01, drug trafficking and human smuggling were common
   • Migration and terrorism is still shaping the security policies in the United States today