Contemporary WORLD -midterm

GLOBAL MIGRATION
 Movement of people
 Internal/International

Emigrant – leaves his/her country

Immigrant – come into another country to live
permanently.

CLASSIFICATION OF MIGRATION
 Internal/Local
 International

They are further classified as the following:

a. Economic Reason (ER)
b. Social Reason (SR)
c. Political Reason (PR)
d. Environmental Reason (ENR)

EFFECTS ON IMMIGRANTS
 Identity
 Adaptation and assimilation
 Differing cultural values
 Human trafficking/slavery

EFFECTS ON THE HOST COUNTRY

 Economic Impact (positive & negative)
 Welfare Issues
 Social Attitudes
 Security Issues