GEOG 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kakuma
9 Dec 2018
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People outside of their home countries who are unable to return owing to fear of persecution for reason. Until a government decides to recognize you as a refugee, you are classified as an asylum seeker. Or livelihood as a result of climate change. Globally, up to 100s of millions are expected to be displaced by climate change by 2080. Voluntary repatriation (return to home once safe) Settlement in country of first asylum (usually a neighboring country) Settlement in a third country (usually in the global north) The difference between immigration policy and outcome. Shifts in government policies (in the us, swings left and right of center) State policies that encourage immigration have worked to undermine state attempts to control it, provoking public opposition and calls for even tighter immigration policies.
