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13 Cards in this Set
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2 major types of migration |
Internal migration and International migration |
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Internal migration |
Refers to the movement from one area(a province, district or municipality) to another within a country. It spans great distances and bring together very different people. |
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International migration |
Is a term used to refer to change of usual residence between nations. |
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Categories of international migrants |
1. Temporary labor migrants 2. Highly skilled and business migrants 3. Irregular migrants 4. Refugees 5. Asylum seekers 6. Forced migration 7. Family members 8. Return migrants |
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Temporary labor migrants (guest workers or overseas contract workers) |
Refers to men and women who migrate for a limited period in order to take employment and send money home. |
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Highly skilled and business migrants |
People with qualifications as managers, executives, professionals, technicians or similar, who move within internal labor markets of transnational corporations and international organizations or who seek employments, without the necessary documents and permits. |
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Irregular migrants (AKA undocumented or illegal migrants) |
These are the people who enter a country, usually in search for employments, without the necessary documents and permits. |
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Refugees |
Is a person residing outside his or her county of nationality, who is unable or unwilling to return because of a "well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social or political opinion. |
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Asylum seekers |
People who move across borders in search of protection, but who may not fulfill the strict criteria lay down by the 1951 convention. |
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Forced migration |
This includes not only refugees and asylum seekers but also people forced to move by environmental catastrophies or developmental projects. |
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Family members (family reunion or family reunification migrants) |
This refers to migration to join people who have already entered in immigration country under one of the above categories. |
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Return migrants |
This are the people who return to their own countries of origin after a long period in another country. They are often looked favorably as they may bring with them capital, skills, and experience useful for economic development. |
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OWWA |
Overseas workers welfare administration (1997) |
