GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Immigration
23 Nov 2017
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Geography of the world economy october 14th 2015. The # of international migrants in the world right now is substantial about 6-7 times pop of canada about 232 million people about 3% of world pop. International migration has increased over last few decades. International migration is more complex than just south north. Migration of labour is much more difficult than migration of 1613 This chart is starting point for a lot of economic analysis. Involuntary slavery or ppl pushed into moving. Pull factors better job prospects, better wages, better services etc. Push factors ppl are pushed out of places they live war, drought etc. Wages tend to converge because countries tend to catch up to each other in terms of industrialization. North and south is defined as high income and low to medium income countries respectively. Biggest migration route is from mexico to us. South to north = 40% people who do this than involuntary.
