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    Literature review Definition of Migration International migration may be defined as movement of people from one country to another in order to take up employment, or establish residence or to seek refuge from persecution (IOM, 1993). Recognized authors (Appleyard, 1991; Rodgers, 1992; Abrar et.al., 2000) have categorized international migration into 6 broad categories. These are permanent settlers, documented or regular labour migrants, undocumented or irregular migrants, asylum seekers, recognized

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    Over the past number of decades, international migration has caused a significant shift in the distribution of the world’s population, leading to great concern for many countries around the globe (McKeown, 2004: 159). Migration is often seen as a way to deal with bad political institutions, conflicts or a chance to boost economic opportunities. While a person’s decision to migrate is normally recognised as an entirely individual choice and the possibility for a person to improve their quality of

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    International Migration in South America Economic Geography Michal Birčiak Obsah International Migration in South America 1 Obsah 2 Introduction 4 History of international migration in South America 5 Migration in 2008, 2009 6 International migration from the South America 7 1.1Migration back home 7 Migration to the others states of OECD 9 1.2Migration to Japan 10 Main features 10 1.3Feminisation of migration 10 1.4Permanence of skilled migration 11 Economic

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    country, which they are not native, to settle and live. People migrate for many reasons; some of which include economic or political reasons, family reunification, natural disasters, or the desire to change one 's surroundings. Today, the influx of migration became a dilemma in European nations, which ultimately brought so many people from other nations to get settled, especially from war countries. Leaving your country into a new place might be the hardest decision in your life you make, since you have

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    Introduction Migration is one of the biggest and most known examples of living. People migrate all the time, whether it is immigration into a country or emigrating out of a country. Migration happens very often, especially in our modern world; needless to say, it is something that people use as privilege in order to sustain and make their lives better. People migrate for numerous reasons, and those reasons depend on how their lives will be formed later on in time. On this subject, a specific example

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    our freedom. Our forefathers based this country off the freedoms they wanted, the freedoms that England kept from them. These freedoms appealed to numerous immigrants from foreign countries, causing a gigantic migration of immigrants to the United States in the 1900s. This enormous migration of people has helped strengthen our country the most out of the several other factors. Immigrants lead to the United States’ success by boosting our economy, assisted us in creating new inventions, and helping

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    The Great Migration was a huge relocation of African Americans from the Southern states of the United States to northern and Midwestern cities. This occurred between the years of 1910 and 1970. Over 6 million African Americans traveled to Northern cities during the migration. Some northern city destinations were Richmond, D.C, Baltimore, New York, and Newark. Western and Midwestern destinations were those such as Los Angelos, San Francisco, St. Louis, Chicago, and Detroit. During this time period

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    original homeland. In today’s parlance, Diaspora has come to refer particularly to historical mass dispersions of an involuntary nature, such as the expulsion of Jews from Judea, the fleeing of Greeks after the fall of Constantinople, the African

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    Immigration is the movement through which an individual permanently moves from their place of residence from one country to another. Immigration is a topic which divides political parties and general debate. Whilst some people see the positives of immigration, such as the filling of skill gaps in low and highly skilled jobs, others see the negatives of immigration, such as the strain on services such as the NHS, schools and housing. Firstly, there are clear benefits to immigration. Different communities

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    Globalization currently constitutes for the mass movement of labor especially from developing to developed nations. However, some aspects of globalization have resulted to the formation of structures that have resulted to exploitation and domination of labor force (Mohanty, 2013). Notably, when movement of labor is involved, issues about gender inequality arises and other aspects such as sexism, and racism as facets of colonialism in the current global economic era. For instance, women from developing

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