Midterm Flashcards
(38 cards)
Migrant
Someone living outside their country for a year or more
Forced migrant
People who have been forced to leave their own country because of conflict, persecution, or environmental reasons
Convention refugee
Person outside his/her country or habitual residence
Asylum seeker
Person who has applied for international protection, which is judged by UN convention
-Successful applicants are given refugee status
Refugee
Someone who is outside their country of nationality for fear of being persecuted
Internationally displaced person’s
People who have fled their homes but have been unable to leave their countries
Irregular migrants
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
Transnational communities
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
Diaspora
When migrants from one region living in the same destination country come together in formal organizations
Brain drain
The most skilled people are selected for migration, leaving their country of origin with a depletion of these skills
Circular migration
Migrants return home for a short period of time then migrate again
Hospitality
Hosting capability in relation to a foreigner
Migration push factors
War, climate change, persecution
Pull factors
Family, new opportunities
Low to high agency migration (involuntary to voluntary)
Forced, economic, family, amenity seeking/lifestyle
Colony
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
Colonize & colonization
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
Colonialism
Acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and/or exploiting it economically
Settler colonialism
Large-scale immigration by settlers to colonies/settlements (motivated by religious, political, economic reasons)
Exploitation colonialism
Fewer settlers, focuses on exploitation of natural resources or labour for the benefit of the home country
Trade colonialism
Colonialist ventures in support of trade opportunities for merchants
Territorial conquest
Proclaims sovereignty
Imperialism
A broader category than colonialism; large scale power, domination, control
Dominations
The practice of power, relying primarily on coercion