GEOG 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Unrwa
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Minister hussen announced 3 year immigration plan(2018-2020: follows growth in numbers, 2015: 271,000 permanent immigratns, 2016: 297,000, 2017: too early to say, but target is 300,000. Growing concern after 9/11 that thrade between canada and usa would suffer. After many request canada and usa negotiated beyond the border accord in 2012: this is changing many things. Basic idea: facilitate trade and movement of trusted travellers". Canadian"s border powlice force: contraband(see tv show, fake/faulty products, border management, detention and deportation. Under authority of the minister of public safety: along with rcmp, scis, csc. Five eyes: canada, usa, autralia, uk, new zealand. Igo"s inter-governmental organizations(e. g un: states yield sovereignty when they join igo"s, ngo"s: non-governmental organizations(e. g red cross, these exist outside state sovereignty. Migration: most significant are: unhcr(part of igo) Iom: covers all aspects of migration: migration policy, migrants in crisis situation, supports efforts of states (eg deportation)
