GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Jeff Sessions, Free Rider Problem, High Tech
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Voluntary = moving to another country for personal gain (ex: economic opportunities for higher paying jobs) Can be legal or illegal or undocumented. Forced = leave their home countries to escape war, repression, or natural disasters. Refugees and human trafficking (use of 3rd party) The distinction of these two types are important because states are mandated to take in forced migrants but are not required to take in voluntary migrants. Ex: jeff sessions (attorney general), the trump administration restricted the criteria for seeking asylum in the us as they denied asylum for those fleeing gang violence. Sessions explained that the criteria should be changed so that these individuals could only gain asylum if they were threatened by state authorities. Since 2000, the number of international migrants has grown by nearly. 50%, from 173 million to 250 million + share of migrants in the general population has increased (form 2. 8% to 3. 4%) since 2000.
