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Population II: Migration. Types of migration. Emigration (from) or immigration (to). Voluntary or involuntary (forced). International (between countries) or internal (within a country). Documented or undocumented. Migration flows. Push factors. Violence (war or high crime).
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Population II: Migration
Types of migration • Emigration (from) or immigration (to) • Voluntary or involuntary (forced) • International (between countries) or internal (within a country). • Documented or undocumented
Push factors • Violence (war or high crime) • Poor economy • Ethnic or religious persecution • Degraded resources or poor weather
Pull factors • Peace (or more security) • Economic opportunities/ good services • Freedom of expression • Better sense of place or weather
Intervening obstacles • Restrictions on immigration • Bias against immigrants • Distance and lack of money • Cultural unfamiliarity
VOLUNTARY MIGRATION • Gross migration • Total number of migrants • Net migration • Gain or loss as result of migration
Chain migration • Family/friends write home, attract new immigrants • Family reunifications • “Secondary migration” to new home in adopted country
Mexican “braceros” in U.S., 1950s “Guest workers” • Temporary employment • Send money home • Kids become citizens? Turks in Germany, 1980s Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong, 1990s
“Brain Drain” • Educated, skilled migrate for better jobs • Wealthy, educated country gains • Poor country loses skilled people
REFUGEES(involuntary) • Flee war or persecution • International or internal • Many move to temporary camps • Apply for “asylum” (safe haven)
Highlands in Laos Laos Thailand Hmong refugeesfrom Laos Mekong River (border) Refugee camp in Thailand
“Ethnic cleansing” Forced removal of an ethnic group Term from breakup of Yugoslavia, 1990s Serbs expelled from Krajina (Croatia), 1995 Albanians expelled from Kosovo (Serbia), 1999
Migration and the U.S.
Diaspora A group scattered globally by large- scale migration Jewish Diaspora African Diaspora Chinese Diaspora Palestinian Diaspora
Internal / Involuntary: Indian Removal west of Mississippi River
Riot against Chinese in Denver, 1880 Anti-immigrant movements Signs against Japanese in California, 1930s
Anti-immigrant arguments • Immigrants “take jobs” and drain services • Yet mainly “low-end” jobs • Immigrants “threaten” culture/language • Argument sees diversity as negative • Anti-immigrant movements affect elections • Austria, France, Denmark, California, etc.
Undocumented immigrants more likely than U.S. citizens to… • Be employed • Work longer hours • Be free from assistance • Contribute to federal taxes through payroll • Drain state social services • Federal gov’t should compensate states?
Economic migrants or refugees? Cubans had preferred status because they left a Communist country Mariel Boatlift from Cuba, 1980s Boat people from Haiti, 1990s
Who came to whom? U.S. annexed northern Mexico in 1848
Shifting Center of U.S. Population, 1790 - 1990
The Great Migration African Americans moving from South to North to work in war industries
U.S. Interregional Migration (annual average in 1000s during 1990s)
Residential Preference Rankings Geography 111 students, Fall 2002
Wisconsin’s Past and Present: A Historical Atlas by the Wisconsin Cartographer’s Guild. University of Wisconsin Press, 1998 (Third printing, 2002).
Wisconsin Indian Lands, 1832
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Removals, 1830s-70s
Potawatomi Removals, 1830s-60s
British Isles Immigrants (England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland)
Changes in German Population Turners, 1875
Milwaukee “The German Athens”
Milwaukee ethnic groups and occupations