Midterm Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Migrant

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Someone living outside their country for a year or more

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Forced migrant

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People who have been forced to leave their own country because of conflict, persecution, or environmental reasons

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Convention refugee

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Person outside his/her country or habitual residence

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Asylum seeker

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Person who has applied for international protection, which is judged by UN convention
-Successful applicants are given refugee status

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Refugee

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Someone who is outside their country of nationality for fear of being persecuted

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Internationally displaced person’s

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People who have fled their homes but have been unable to leave their countries

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Irregular migrants

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Migrants who enter a country without or with fake documents, or enter legal but stay after visa or work permit has expired
-Have bridged administrative rules and regulations

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Transnational communities

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Some migrants have begun to live in between nations
-Maintain social, economic, and political contacts w people and places in their country of origin that transcend national boundaries

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Diaspora

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When migrants from one region living in the same destination country come together in formal organizations

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Brain drain

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The most skilled people are selected for migration, leaving their country of origin with a depletion of these skills

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Circular migration

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Migrants return home for a short period of time then migrate again

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Hospitality

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Hosting capability in relation to a foreigner

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Migration push factors

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War, climate change, persecution

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Pull factors

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Family, new opportunities

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Low to high agency migration (involuntary to voluntary)

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Forced, economic, family, amenity seeking/lifestyle

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Colony

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a) country/area under full or partial control of another country
b) Group of people of one nationality/ethnic group living in a foreign city or country
c) Biology: Animals/plants living close together; fungi/bacteria grown from single spore

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Colonize & colonization

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A country sending a group of settlers to a place some distance from the country, establishing political control over some outside entity, or control for their own use

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Colonialism

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Acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and/or exploiting it economically

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Settler colonialism

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Large-scale immigration by settlers to colonies/settlements (motivated by religious, political, economic reasons)

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Exploitation colonialism

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Fewer settlers, focuses on exploitation of natural resources or labour for the benefit of the home country

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Trade colonialism

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Colonialist ventures in support of trade opportunities for merchants

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Territorial conquest

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Proclaims sovereignty

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Imperialism

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A broader category than colonialism; large scale power, domination, control

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Dominations

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The practice of power, relying primarily on coercion

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Hegemony
Supports domination; practice or power rests on consent
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Types of colonies in the roman empire
1.Coast-guard military “plantations” along coasts of Italy 2.Military “colonies” established in conquered territories; somewhat larger 3.Veteran “colonies”. Begins late 2nd century BCE for releasing land pressure, and making land available for landless freedmen 4.Later, “colonia” used to refer to highest rank an urban community could attain
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Hospitality according to Bully
It can be positive and negative Can be abusive by guests or host There is complete openness and varying degrees of closure, & they both require each other Hospitality is a “spatial relational practice” which differentiates it from other ethical practices
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Durable solutions for refugees
Returning home Local integration Third-country resettlement
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Models of integration
Assimilation and multiculturalism
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Frameworks for becoming citizens/understanding citizenship
ius sanguinus (law of the blood) and ius soli (law of the soil) -All modern states have citizenship rules based on a combination of these 2 principles
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ius sanguinus
One needs to be descended from a national of the country in question
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ius soli
Birth in the territory of the country
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Impacts of migration in receiving societies
Economic impact Political impact Demographic deficit (population sinking) Enriching societies and cultures
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Migration from below
Low access to power Migrating units remain as minorities until a wave of advance
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Migration from above
High access to power Migration as means of territorial conquest, often becoming new majority & assimilating or displacing earlier population
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Absolute title
Is held by the crown, is "higher than aboriginal title"
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60s scoop
Mid 50s-90s Over 30 000 indigenous children removed from families by Governments and placed in non-indigenous households Some children sold/auctioned for farm labour
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Difference b/w migrant and refugee
Migrant chooses to move; refugee is forced