GEG 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Immigration, Core Countries, Internally Displaced Person
11 Apr 2018
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Why geographers study migration: motivations, why, predictions for future. Net migration: total gain or loss due to migration (need to have a strong entry and exit system to adequately count people who leave for short and long durations. The transformations of conceptions of place, identity and home". Mobility: ability to move (permanently or temporarily) - short-distance moves. Voluntary migration: move that is the consequence of choice . Involuntary migration/forced migration: absence of choice (compelled to move). Millions of africans were abducted or sold into slavery and transported to work in the mines and plantations of the caribbean and north and south america. Indentured labour: contract to work for an employer for a speci c period of time, no/little pay in exchange for accommodation, food, essentials and passage to a new country. Pull factors: economic opportunities, personal safety/liberty/freedom, social opportunities. Unevenness of economic and social opportunity created by advance capitalism encourage migration through: Demand for low-wage labour in core countries.
