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Transcript of Introduction to Migration
Introduction to Migration
presented by
Modified by Pamela HammondBrantley Co HS Nahunta, GA
APWH 2010
Migration is Global
In 2005, 191 million people were counted as living outside the country of their birth
The number of migrants worldwide has doubled since World War II
If they lived in the same place, international migrants would form the 5th most populous country in the world
Understanding Migration
Why do people migrate?
1. Economics(push/pull factors)
2. Politics (push factors)
3. Social Forces (pull factors)
4. Environmental Forces(push/pull factors)
Understanding Migration
Economic Causes of Migration
Migration in search of better economic conditions, employment, etc.
Migration due to famine, drought Irish immigration to America, and elsewhere, due to
the potato famine Migration to escape overpopulation and its
effects Migration may be internal or international
Rural to urban to suburban Region to region Country to country
Understanding Migration
Political Causes of Migration
To escape war, invasion, military takeover, etc.
refugees To escape persecution on ethnic, political,
religious, or other grounds Diasporas/Exodus: Jews at various times in history
Russian Jews escaping pogroms To escape prosecution for crimes committed As punishment for crimes committed
Australia served as a penal colony for Britain Sentenced to “transportation”
Forced migration As a result of enslavement/human trafficking
Understanding Migration
Social Causes of Migration
To spread a religion Buddhism, Christianity, Islam Missionaries (Jesuits during Age of Exploration)
To reunite with family, friends, etc. who have previously migrated
To spread a political philosophy, such as Marxism, democracy, etc.
To find personal freedom, to live a certain lifestyle, or to hold certain beliefs, not necessarily as the result of persecution
Pilgrims on the Mayflower
Understanding Migration
Environmental Issues Migrants are often attracted to new lands that seemed
environmentally similar to their homelands They could pursue adaptive strategies known to them Germanic Indo-Europeans chose familiar temperate zones in
America, New Zealand, and Australia Semitic peoples rarely spread outside arid and semiarid climates Ancestors of modern Hungarians left grasslands of inner Eurasia
for new homes in the grassy Alföld, one of the few prairie areas of Europe
Migration to escape poor climate conditions such as drought, el Niño, etc.
Possible reasons for the Bantu and Indo-European migrations Migrations due to spread of disease
Urban to rural as a result of the Black Death or turn it around: the Black Death spread as a result of the migratory
patterns of traders/merchants Migration to escape natural disasters
Think about the movements after Katrina Haitian’s moving out of Port au Prince following the earthquake Have/will these people return?
Causes and factors that impact
•Disease and great pandemics•Economic opportunity•Technologies that advance travel and communication•Introduction of new philosophies•Great leaders•New laws
How each society reacts to the culture and systems of the other Acculturation –
Some culture exchanged but the groups remain distinct White stays white and Red stays Red
Assimilation (Romanization, Americanization, Russification) The lesser or weaker or smaller numbered society is absorbed
into the stronger and is required to become like the stronger culture either by society or by force.
Syncretism (Roman-Greco society following conquest of Romans over Greeks, Creole)
A whole new society is developed from the two Red and White become Pink.
Accommodation One culture is allowed to exist within another as it is expected
than they will eventually be absorbed or assimilated. This is usually the case with a minority society and culture entering and even conquering another that has higher numbers. It is a practice in tolerance and patience. In the case of the Mongolians in South Asia, they came and conquered but left little in the way of culture that was adopted by the peoples they conquered in this region. Some of their technology was adapted but in most cases was not absorbed.
Conquest
What are the effects of migration?
1. Effects on the immigrants2. Effects on the host country3. Effects on the home country
Understanding Migration
Effects on the Immigrants
Issues of identity Issues of adaptation and assimilation Differing cultural values between
generations
Understanding Migration
Effects on the Host Country
Economic impacts positive and negative real and perceived
Welfare issues Social attitudes
Understanding Migration
Effects on the Home Country
Remittances Money sent home by workers
Loss of revenue Money made outside of the country is not subject to
taxes Families left behind
Families left without both parents Traditional societies threatened
“Brain drain” Young people educated elsewhere but do not return
home, stay in host country where the money is better As many of them study abroad on state-sponsored
scholarships, this is an investment in human development not returned.
Population decrease
Understanding Migration
Multi-National Issues
“Open border” policies European Union has a free-border policy
Immigration policies USA restricts number of immigrants allowed in
each year Every so often, a U.S. administration official
suggests amnesty for illegal immigrants in the U.S…
Security issues Especially important since 9/11
Understanding Migration
Now let’s think about migration
As you view the following maps think about Why did the migration take place? (What were
the push/pull factors involved?) What effect did the migration have on the home
region? On the host region? Can you connect the migration to major events
in history? Why might you need to know this?
Possible essay topic for the APWH exam!!!!!!!!!!
Out of Africa: Earliest Human Migration
Migrations to the Americas
Polynesian Migrations
Spread of Agriculture
Indo-European Migrations (4000 BCE -1000 BCE)
Bantu Migrations (c.500 BCE-1000 CE)
What knowledge spread with the
Bantus?
Language “Migration”
Jewish Diaspora
Hun Empire threatens Europe and Asia (4th-6th centuries)
•Huns help weaken the Roman Empire under Attila•White Huns invade India during the Gupta Empire•Huns (Xiongnu) invade Han Dynasty (Mulan)
The Spread of Islam (630-1700)
Turkic Migrations (7th-15th centuries)
• Think about: Seljuks, Ottomons, Uyghers• Could they be offshoots of the Huns?
Viking Migrations (9th -11th centuries)
The Mongol Invasions (13th-
15th centuries)
Forced Migration
Forced Migration
The Trail of Tears, 1838
European
African (slaves)
Indian
Chinese
Japanese
Majority of population descended from immigrants
World Migration Routes Since 1700
Migration due to religious persecution
Current Migrations
Internal Migration Developing countries seeing shift
between rural and urban Infrastructure cannot support Housing unavailable Jobs difficult to find without education
Global Migration Millions leave developing world and
emigrate to developed nations Creates racial and ethnic problems Developed nations worried about their
cultural identity France—great influx of non-Christians US—melting pot replace with a salad bowl
Immigrants hold on to traditional values of early marriage and large families
Places burden on some societies Immigrant groups growing larger than
native groups in some countries US: fastest growing ethnic group --Hispanics
French cultural identity challenged
Global Migration
Migrations? Tourism? Both?
Check out this video of daily air travel…
Could this be migrations happening?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1U
S_4uf4YE
Bibliography
Understanding Migration Produced by Natalie Arsenault , Allegra Azulay , Rachel Meyer , Jordan Phillips , Christopher Rose http://www.outreachworld.org/resource.asp?curriculumid=352
Numerous contributions from members of the APWH listserv Maps and images from Google images