POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Liberal Democracy, Economic Globalization, Main Source
8 Mar 2016
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There are two national narratives concerning immigration. Wanted" immigration (english settler societies such as the u. s, canada, australia & nz) Migrants are divided by types: skilled, low-skilled, family migrants and refugees. The u. s" situation is paradoxical; they are based on family migration yet has massive economic. There is an over-concentration of resources on a nation"s own elite to enable asylum-seekers pull for skilled migrants and refugees to prosper like citizens. Increased low-skilled immigration results in higher national equity, which relates to broader trade-offs such as economic globalization (global equality means greater national inequality) Currently, there are 200 million immigrants (3% of global population) However, this number alone is meaningless; this number needs to be broken down into various categories. Types can be interpreted as voluntary" or forced". Voluntary people may be skilled labourers, highly educated workers and family migrants. These people are carry the implications of immigration held by english settler societies.
