Problems of definition and conceptualization Flashcards

Question

Weeks one to three

Answer 1

- Mobility and Migration - Categorised migrants - Labour migration/ migration and labour

Answer 2

anyone who has moved out of his or her “country of usual residence”.

Answer 3

mobile individuals into expatriates, from wealthier countries, and migrants, from less well-off countries.

Answer 4

a person on an international intra-company transfer, with an income and benefits package and particular tax provisions, a status which applies to only a minority of migrants from the so-called “Global North”

Answer 5

A Turkish kebab store owner in Berlin or a Ghanaian cardiac surgeon at a London hospital will be called migrants. A Canadian banker in London, on the other hand, is more likely to be called an expat, as is an American in Paris, teaching English by the hour.

Answer 6

Income and skill level aren't as relevent. More higher social status, if they come from a country that is 'equal' or 'higher' in terms of GDP and international reputation

Answer 7

Annes fate was sealed by a callous fear of refugees, among the world's most desperate people Today, to our shame, anne frank is a syrian girl.

Answer 8

Yemeni and Somalian undocument workers being deported. Through the process being beaten, starved and deprived of travel.

Answer 9

- Routine push backs from hungary to serbia - use of force against refugees and migrants at the border and in-country - penalties to refugees who unlawfully enter hungary - detention of asylum- seekers for extended periods without legitimate grounds.

Answer 10

we increase our imaginative ability to identify with the suffering stranger - to see him or her as potentially one of us, as a potential member of our moral community. Put differently, the more we are able to see the forced migrant as an ordinary person, with whom, therefore, we can identify, the more difficult it becomes to ignore his or her plight: to be a bystander.

Answer 11

mechanisms fail to make distinctions between refugees and other migrants and limit the protection afforded to persons who, failing to find asylum elsewhere, will find themselves endangered.

Answer 12

fled their homes but still within their countries

Answer 13

conflict and violence but economic or drought

Answer 14

- the LIMIT of the amount of immigrants are allowed or TARGETS ... more welcoming. Control vs need for immigration

Answer 15

"Migrants flooding in" - conceptualising? Uncertainty. - crisis mentality. Transform mundane events to something massive to make a story. People want to see negative news - it sells more

Answer 16

substance, liquid. We speak of flows, streams,waves of migrants. We speak of asylum capacity. This metaphorical language of migration is obviously not innocent.

Answer 17

1. ) Host language, not migrants. - state-centric perspective. ‘them’ although our ancestors were migrants once. 2. ) 2 metaphorical lang - natural event. Something we ignore, cant easily prevent but overwhelms us, divert it. 3. ) De humanise - Require us to think about them as molecules in a liquid. SO easier for us to see them as a threat. ‘Britains’ front line.

Answer 18

we need metaphors for abstract topics. When you take an intellectual ride on a metaphor it is important that you know when to get off

Answer 19

ordinary people embedded in social, political and historical situations

Answer 20

emphasising the common experiences, no such thing as refugee experience, the experiences and voices of refugees

Answer 21

focus not on migrants but ourselves. Separating forced migrants from migrants Because Forced migrants make a special claim on our concern. require us to ask what our responsibilities are to the stranger in distress Forced migrants; gap between rich and poor Require us to consider who we are, our moral community, what it means to be human Cross border flows – trades, investment

Answer 22

``` Forced Voluntary Conceptialization Victimcy, better route economic Workers divided – age, profession, sector Difference between work and employment Push and pull for Barriers for migrants Stay and return Media Ordinary people facing economic, political problems political warning ```

Problems of definition and conceptualization Flashcards

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