SOSC 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Convention Relating To The Status Of Refugees, Foreign Worker, Associated Press
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Future, precarious, never will be citizens and temporary foreign workers [documented] Present in low skill pilot program dec 1. Precarious status = comes from the metaphor: snakes and ladders : you climb up, you lose status, then you fall back down. Associated press bans the use of the term illegal immigrant because it dehumanizing. It should only be used for an action living in or immigrating. Individuals (micro) vs. marco explanations [critical vs. uncritical perspective] Remittance: a transfer of money by a foreign worker to an individual in his or her home country. Critique: though it is based on individual, narrow perspective, it ignores the larger perspective of migration. Labour ; reserves [poor countries form into labour reserves for healthier countries] How the processes work with people move from one place to another. Chain migration: movement where perspective emigrants learn about opportunities: europe"s great transformation, social inequalities and international migration. Benefits to the sending state: a safety valve.
