The external dimension of European Union immigration and asylum policies - redefining security in the European region
Essay - 7 pages - European union
In February 2003, Tony Blair proposed at the Thessaloniki Summit to create 'transit processing centres' outside the European Union (EU) frontiers in which asylum seekers would be withheld during the time their procedure was completed. Though the proposition wasn't well received at...
The impact of immigration flows on Welfare regimes of Western European countries from 1950's to nowadays.
Essay - 7 pages - Economic politics
It is generally agreed that the regimes of Welfare States are in crisis. Indeed, several factors of our modern societies led the Welfare State regimes into a general crisis which is more or less accentuated by internal reasons within each State. The link between immigration and welfare state...
How is migration contributing to and reflecting the challenges of globalization? - publié le 02/04/2013
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
In the past few years, cultural and social conflicts broke out in different places of Northern countries. As it generally occurs in periods of economic and social crisis, the migrants were generally marginalized: either they were excluded by the society because of their differences (it was one of...
The migration of the Scottish people
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
In the 1600 and 1700's the Scottish began coming to the United States. Some of them “…were primarily for Quakers and Presbyterians who were experiencing religious persecution by the then Episcopalian Church of Scotland.” (Hess, 2011) Most did not come by choice. A lot of the...
How is migration contributing to and reflecting the challenges of globalization? - publié le 01/04/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
During the last presidential campaign in France, many debates occurred about the immigration and the globalization. Indeed, some of the candidates denounced the danger that the migration was for the employment and the good economic health of the country, because of the globalization which...
How is migration contributing to and reflecting the challenges of globalization?
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
During the last presidential campaign in France, many debates occurred about the immigration and the globalization. Indeed, some of the candidates denounced the danger that the migration was for the employment and the good economic health of the country, because of the globalization which...
Causes and consequences of mass migrations in the late 19th century
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
According to the Times in 1850, at a moment of political and economic crisis in Britain, “sending poor people to the colonies would end pauperism”. At the beginning of the period we study, economical and social factors are the main explanatory variables for mass migrations across...
Economic advantages and disadvantages of immigration into the U.S
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Immigrants to the United States have historically elicited passionate debates on whether they are of economic benefit or an economic burden to the country. Those who hold the view that immigrants are of economic benefit have advanced views including that with the coming of immigrants into the...
The early years of the Chinese diaspora (1840 - 1945): From a disorganized migration to an organized community
Thesis - 8 pages - Medieval history
For centuries, many Chinese migrations have been identified in South-East Asia. It was mostly the initiative of particular elites: economic, like wealthy merchants or political and military, with envoys like Zheng He. The exchanged volume of merchandise traded...
The EU has no need for a common immigration policy - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 4 pages - European union
In 1957, the Treaty of Rome mentioned the elimination of border controls within its territory as a goal of the EEC (European Economic Union). This implied that the member states would sooner or later have to address the question of deciding on common rules concerning access to their soil through...
Teacher's migration in the Philippines
Dissertation - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The proliferation of skilled persons' migration in recent years has led to liberalized immigration policies vis-à-vis highly skilled professionals from developing countries. However, the resultant effect of this is to trigger an exodus of skilled personnel in developing countries, with the...
Immigration issues and reforms of the United States
Dissertation - 6 pages - Political science
The word “Immigration” has been derived from the Latin word “immigrare” which means “to move”. Immigration means migrating and settling in a country that is not a native to the person migrating. For ex: If a person living in Sweden decides to move to the U.S and...
From population to policy growth: Colombian-Venezuelan migration patterns
Dissertation - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In Venezuela, immigration has been characterized by the import of foreign workers. Premised by the status of their economy, immigration in Venezuela has been a product of their sense of stability and a response to their demands for success. Venezuela's attempts to achieve a level of immigration...
Illegal immigration in the United States: push-pull factors - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Mexico is a two-faced country: you can be influenced by cities like San Cristobal, Oaxaca, Mexico city and start to think that Mexico is a developed country but whereas on the countryside the states remain in what we would call “the third world”. Mexico shares its biggest border with...
Mexican Immigration in the U.S. - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Geography
Until the mid 1920s, US immigration was largely unrestricted, but soon after the Congress passed a legislation it limited the entry from all regions except north-western Europe. It began in 1965 and has been continuing thereafter, and has passed a series of liberal laws, including the Immigration...
United Kingdom Immigration Laws, asylum laws and anti terrorism Laws
Essay - 5 pages - International law
In recent years, public attention has been focused on asylum seekers, but their numbers have fallen sharply. They are now less than 40,000 a year of whom only a quarter are given permission to stay in Britain, yet only one in five is actually removed. Meanwhile, other forms of immigration have...
Statistical Dossier on Immigration 2007 - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
On October 29, 2007, at the Teatro Orione in Rome, the presentation of the 2007 Immigration Statistics Dossier Caritas or Migrantes took place. The event, now at its seventeenth edition, was held in the presence of mainstream media, as well as numerous agencies and experts coming mainly from...
The asylum seekers children in immigration detention centres in Autralia
Essay - 13 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Since 1989, refugees seeking asylum in Australia who have arrived by boat have been detained by the Commonwealth Government. Australia is a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (in 1990) and the...
Cause of the great famine and its place in the demographic and migration history - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In the 1800s, Ireland was essentially a rural country. Its economy depended only on agriculture, and its industrial system was very weak. Therefore, Ireland was very poor compared with its neighbour, England. It is considered most of all as an island belonging to England and integrated by this...
The immigration process and the Eastern Border of Europe
Essay - 4 pages - European union
In 2004, the admission of ten new States within the European Union has expanded the European borders to the East. Now, the Union has common borders with countries such as Belarus, Ukraine and the Federation of Russia, whose standards of living or rate of employment are less important than those...
Cuban immigration in the United States - publié le 07/05/2009
Dissertation - 3 pages - International relations
The United States of America has always been an immigration Land. 301 Million Whites, Blacks, Latinos and Asians, subdivided in different ethnic groups are living together. Because of the all-known complicated relationship between Cuba and America, one of the most interesting immigration is the...
Immigration in Japan
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
For several decades, Japan has been the only industrial country in the world that did not rely on immigration. Among the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, Japan has the lowest percentage of immigrants. The Japanese government has recently launched various...
The Japanese immigration to Brazil - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - Journalism
Japanese immigration to Brazil has a long history starting early in the twentieth century when astonishing amounts of Japanese immigrated to Brazil to take advantage of Japanese government funds encouraging emigration as well as the Brazilian market. However, a deep economic crisis in Brazil...
Immigration of highly skilled workers to the United States
Dissertation - 11 pages - Civil law
The rapidly escalating immigration of highly skilled individuals to the United States demonstrates the diminishing role of national politics in an increasingly supranational global economy. Workers pursue opportunities beyond the confines of national borders, and corporations are able to meet...
France and Ireland: Implications of increased immigration on educational systems
Dissertation - 15 pages - Social, moral & civic education
France and Ireland are two very different European countries. Their citizens speak different languages, eat different foods, yet every four years they both think they have the best soccer team in the World Cup. Aside from these two country's differences, they have one important feature in...
A critical analysis of the EU legal framework dealing with illegal immigration
Essay - 5 pages - European union
Arousing the passions and the divisions, the migration is apprehended by some Europeans as a danger for the national identity and is approved by the others as a source of cultural diversity. Many forms of illegal immigration are observed. The migrants can enter a member states by land, air...
Mexico and the USA : the Immigration issue
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
In the 19th century, the approach of the United States to immigration control can be characterized as "laissez-faire" with almost no governmental interference in flows that were almost only labor flows. The issue of migration was already in the hands on United States through the role of...
Asian immigration policies in Canada: 1880-1923
Dissertation - 5 pages - Modern history
Today Canada prides itself on being one of the most multicultural countries in the world. This country has people from all over the world. All of these different people have different stories. The story of Asian-Canadians is an interesting one, even though they are a large minority group in...
Immigration, race & ethnicity in France : how and why did political reactions to immigrants change during the 1970s?
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Immigration is an old phenomenon in France, which was the subject of the will for most French governments, due to France's demographic lifelessness. During the post-war period, France wilfully resorted to immigration in order to make up for the lack of workforce, which was mandatory for...
Ecuadorian Immigration to the NY-Metro Area in the 1970s-80s
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
America has (nearly) always been the destination of choice for the world's migrants. Spanning an entire continent, the country has historically offered land, jobs, and tolerance to those who seek them. For South Americans especially, the United States had been attractive for its accessibility...
