SOC312H1 Lecture Notes - Immigration, Canadian Business, Transnationalism
Document Summary
Migration represents a responses to push" and pull" factors in countries of origin and destination. Internal migration decision to emigrate made on basis of rational cost-benefit principles. International migration: the movement of people across national borders; these peoples are called immigrants by the receiving country. Ex. foreign students, foreign trainees, foreign retirees, settlers (pr or immigrants, become naturalized once min requirements have been met: migrant workers: Ex. seasonal migrant workers, project-tied migrant workers, contract, temporary migrant workers, established migrant workers, highly skilled migrant workers: economic migration. Ex. business travellers, immigrating investors: asylum migration. Ex. refugees, persons admitted for humanitarian reasons, asylum seekers, persons granted temporary protected status, persons grated stay of deportation: irregular migrants, migrants for family reunification. 2 ways for foreigners to legally enter canada: permanent residence status. Family class (people with close relatives in canada) Must be sponsored by canadian citizen or pr. Investors min investment in a canadian business.
