GEOG 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hutu, Chain Migration, Forced Migration
28 Mar 2016
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Migration is about the movement of people. Nomadism= the movement of groups of people, typically the world"s indigenous populations, among a definite set of places. Migration= when the movement of people results in a permanent re-location of an individual or a group across significant distances. International migration/transnational migration= the movement of people across international borders. Migrants= people born in a country different from where they live. Those who enter into a new country are immigrants. Internal migration= the migration of people within a country"s borders. Guest workers= live and work far from their home country and send remittances back to their families; often employed as agricultural labourers or in the service industry. Remittances= the money migrants send back to family in their home country, which forms part of the economy in many poorer countries. Seasonal workers fill labour shortages during the peak season, in southern ontario and. The canadian seasonal agricultural worker program (csawp)
