IB+Core+Migrations

=Causes of Migrations=



Major international migrations during the 20th Century
1. Please fill in the following table for the migration event that you researched.
 * **Date** || **Country of Origin** || **Country of Destination** || **Reasons for the Movement** || **Forced or voluntary?** ||
 * 1918- 1919 || Eastern Europe || USA & Canada || 1. World War 2. Employment || Forced ||
 * 1918 || Britain || Australia, South Africa & New Zealand || Government offered ex-servicemen free passage || voluntary ||
 * 1936-1939 || Spain || France || Due to the Spanish-Civil-War || forced ||

Migration Related News
1. Find an article that is realated to migration either in, out of, or within your country. 2. Read the article carefully - i.e. at least twice 3. Write down the main points (locations, facts and figures) from the article undreneath the corresponding headline. 4. Add a relevant picture. 5. Add the link to the article by clicking on 'link', then 'extrenal link' then copying and pasting the web address in. Write the title of the article as the 'link text'. 6. Read through everyone else's notes, and if you think one is particularly interesting, read it. The best article and notes will win a prize!

Australia
- Australia has a IN migration - Asylum seekers - [|Illegal Imagration to Australia]
 * Majority of Australia’s immigration due to **asylum seekers from fleeing persecution, predominantly Hazaras from Afghanistan and Tamils from Sri Lanka’**
 * 7000 irregular maritime arrivals in 150 boats
 * 2001, at the height of the Tampa crisis, 5516 people arrived in 43 boats
 * 4052 people have arrived in 80 boats 2010
 * first seven months of 2010 1297 people, mostly from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, have been granted permanent refugee visas
 * first seven months of this year 1297 people, mostly from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, have been granted permanent refugee visas

PORTS FOR ILLEGAL IMIGRATION

 * Migration statistics for australia 2009**

United Kingdom

 * __Migration in the UK__**


 * Immigration is a Major Factor in the Housing Shortage **

- immigration was responsible for almost 40% of the growth in households between 2001 and 2008. - 36% of new households will be a result of immigration - 200 homes have to be built every day for the next 25 years in order to give housing to the 36% of new households


 * Comment on Latest Immigration Statistics **

- net migration for 2010 = 239,000 which is 21% higher than last year - 200 homes have to be built every day for the next 25 years in order to give housing to the 36% of new households


 * Social Housing and Migration in England **

- ** s **ocial housing requirements of new immigrants will cost the tax payer £1 billion a year for the next 25 years - 45 additional social homes would have to be built everyday, or nearly 1400 a month to be able to give housing to all the migrants - London (12%) aswell as Yorkshire & Humberside (11%9 have the highest immigration


 * Sources:**

http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/

France
> More than 500.000 spanish people immigrated to france by the end of civil war >In 2007, 5.25 million foreign-born immigrants live in France (8.5% of the country's population). >42 % of immigrants are from Africa (in 2007 ) >38% are from Europe ( in 2007 ) >[|Immigration to france] >[|France VS. Undocumented-Immigrants]
 * **Immigrants by country of origin (2007)** || **%** [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_France#"]] || **N** [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_France#"]] ||
 * **Africa** || **42.3** || **2 223 617** ||
 * Algeria || 13.4 || 702 811 ||
 * Morocco || 12.3 || 645 695 ||
 * Tunisia || 4.4 || 231 062 ||
 * Sub-Saharan Africa || 12.3 || 644 049 ||
 * **Europe** || **38.4** || **2 018 102** ||
 * European Union || 34.3 || 1 802 532 ||
 * Spain || 5.0 || 262 883 ||
 * Italy || 6.2 || 323 809 ||
 * Portugal || 11.0 || 576 084 ||
 * UK || 2.7 || 142 949 ||
 * Other EU countries || 9.5 || 496 807 ||
 * Other European countries || 4.1 || 215 570 ||
 * **Asia** || **14.0** || **735 863** ||
 * Turkey || 4.5 || 234 540 ||
 * Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam || 3.1 || 162 063 ||
 * Other Asian countries || 6.5 || 339 260 ||
 * **America, Oceania** || **5.2** || **275 114** ||
 * **Total** ||

**Somalia**
Somalia is located in the east of Africa. It´s a relativ small country for Africa. Below shown is a map of Somalia.

Somalia has a __**OUT MIGRATION**__! A big reason for this is the ongoing __conflict__ in Somalia. The number of refugees per year raised up from __300-400__ to **1200 - 1300** ! Also a reason for the refugees is the less //food// **and** //drink// in the country.
 * Drought** __and__ **famine** are forcing //tens of thousands// of Somalis to leave their country. They mostly leave to their //neighboured// countrys.

The United Nations has said **3.7 million** Somalis are in need of //emergency// assistance. It estimates that number of people could rise by __**25 percent**__ if urgent action on all fronts is __not__ taken.

//__Below is a table with the net migration rate between 2000-2005:__//

The net migration rate looks today totally different. Whereas //2000// the rate was 0, it __raised up__ in a year to almost **6**. Then till //2005// the rate shrinks a bit to almost **5**. But the rate today, in year //2011//, is incredible. It fall down to __**-11.81**__!!!

media type="custom" key="10549640" __//**Sources:**//__ Link 1 Link 2 (Kay)

-Most emigrants moved to the United States or the Domician Republic. -About 1 million people left Haiti between 1957 and 1982 to the United States. -In the 1980s about 500.000 Haitians lived in the United States, the biggest communitys were in New York, Miami, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. -Many Haitians emigrated to the USA with fake visas or even without any documents. -Most emigrants arrived in the USA by boat, a lot of people died on that journey. -In September 1981 the USA made a agreement with Haiti to interdict Haitian boats. -About 500.000 Haitians moved to the Domician Republic in 1983. -Reasons for migration or: Pooverty and very low wages



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China
On top of the existing 103 million urban migrants, Chinese cities will face an influx of another 243 million migrants by 2025, taking the urban population up to nearly 1 billion people. In the medium and large cities, about half the population will be migrants, which is almost three times the current level.


 * //__ Causes for Migration in China: __//**


 * Most migrants left their farmlands for urban areas to cities
 * Labour flows are basically directed from the interior to coastal areas
 * “new generation” is looking for jobs in the cities
 * Each migrant labourer remitted up to 4255,12 yuan, with that a poor family, could basically escape poverty with the help of remittances.
 * Hope, of better education/ Style of Living in other areas of China

UNESCO and its project “ Together with Migrants ”
 * //__ Benefits __//**

Their basically aims for this project:


 * Reduction of rural and urban poverty among young rural migrants in cities.
 * Benefits for migrants: skills training, information sharing, help in the building of social networks and the like.
 * The project seeks to explore alternatives to migration and local development; for instance, network building between sending and receiving areas is a main concern.

Panyu Organization of Legal Services for Mirgants


 * Created in 1989 by a lawyer and a migrant worker
 * It provides legal services for rural migrants working in the southeast coastal areas. Such legal assistance was provided free of charge when the organization received financial support from an international donor in 2002. Since then, some 5000 migrant workers have been able to benefit from these services.