POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Foreign Worker, Economic Migrant, Unemployment Benefits
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Two types of countries: those of wanted vs. those of unwanted immigration (us/australia vs. europe) Migrants divide by types: skilled, low-skilled, family migrants, refugees. U. s. paradoxical: based on family migration, yet massive economic pull for skilled migrants. Asylum/refugees: overconcentration of resources on the few who make it to the global north. Rights vs. number: more immigrants the north admits, the less it can provide them and vice versa. Increased low-skilled immigrants result in higher national equality, which relates to: Broader trade-offs: globalization, expanded movement of goods and people results in more global equality but more national equality, Immigration: the movement from one country for at least a year. Currently there are 200 million immigrants worldwide, or three percent of the global population. In itself, this number tells us nothing as we have to break the category down into various parts.
