SOSC 1130 Lecture Notes - Industrial Revolution, Forced Migration, World-Systems Theory
2 Feb 2013
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Un distinguishes migration between long term and short term. Long term migration 1 year out of your country/origin. Migration can be internal, within national borders or international, crossing international borders. International migration: the social construction of the categories of migration, documented, have receiving countries permission to be there, classified as permanent or temporary. Independent: family, business, refugees, employed, entrepreneurs, or investors, granted status as they are feared persecution in their origin country, come undocumented, but seek refugee status. Temporary: seasonal workers, domestic workers, students, no papers, there illegally, undocumented. Vision of development: mulroney, reagan, thatcher - 3 musketeers, gang of 3, neoliberalism, opened up possibility of international investing, developed category of investors, hong kong investors, rich group migrating to canada. ,000 had to be invested, bumped up to ,000. Initially mother father and dependents under 18: dependents increased to age 22, older if students or disabled.
