POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Basic Law For The Federal Republic Of Germany, Forced Migration, Glass Ceiling
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2 types of countries: those of wanted vs. those of unwanted immigration (us/australia/canada vs. europe) Migrants divided by types: skilled/ unskilled/ family migrants/ refugees. Us: paradox because it bases it immigration policy on family migration yet has the largest skilled migrant population. Rights vs. numbers: the more immigrants the north admits, the less it can provide and vice versa. Relationship between immigration and quality: the more immigration, the more inequality that results. Immigration: the movement from one country to another for at least a year, to keep it distinct from tourism. Voluntary: skilled and unskilled laborers, highly educated, family members. Forced: those fleeing war or those who are expelled, fleeing climate change etc. Could not exist as they do today without immigration. Anyone in canada or us or australia who opposes immigration is contradictory. By contrast, in the european countries, immigration was accidental, none of them thought of themselves as building nations.
