Migration, Power and Borders Flashcards
South Sudan
Land locked country, gained independence in 2011, 15 million population
infighting in 2013 between president Kiir (Dinka) and vice president Machar (Nuer) resulted in serious armed conflict
displaced over 4million
intervention difficult as they were both unagreeable and had a poor attitude
however, in 2020, new agreement reached which involved power sharing and resulted in a bettered relationship.
The UN helped by providing peace keeping personnel, money, tech and ideas
2022 $1.7 billion towards humanitarian response plan
helping 6.8 million vulnerable people
UNMISS provided 16,000 peace peace keeping personnel to monitor and protect human rights
NGOs- MSF (medecines sans frontier) £77.8million and 4,000 staff towards providing basic necessities and healthcare because people had to flee without getting needs
Oxfam - providng clean water and proper sanitation, important in preventing an endemic
reached 398,000 people
Asylum seeker
someone who claims to be a refugee, escaping persecution for their religion /race/ gender etc.
refugee
must leave their country to flee conflict / for their safety
economic migrant
migrating and moving to a country for employment and money opportunity
sovereignty
the ability to govern and have political authority of a state for itself
territorial integrity
states exercise their sovereignty within a specific area or territory that is recognised by international law.
3 main immigration policies
- open door
- quotas
- skills test
immigration policies the uk
in 2013, 16.7 million new refugess entered the UK
UNHCR able to settle 750 new selected refugess a year
negative media coverage, Brexit = migrants ‘stealing’ jobs
not open door migration
bilateral remittances
Myanmar to Bangladesh 2017
more than 700,00 Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh, 1/2 children
fleeing persecution and violence
people forced out due to conflict
Syria 2014-2017
Civil war, 7.6 million internally displaced
3.7 million fled the country since start of conflict
