Categories: All - refugees - migration - policies - consequences

by Javier Videla 8 years ago

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MIGRATION

In 2015, there were approximately 59.5 million refugees and displaced individuals worldwide, driven by a variety of push and pull factors. Push factors include natural disasters, human rights violations, conflicts, and inadequate social services in their countries of origin.

MIGRATION

59.5 million refugees and displaced people in 2015.

MIGRATION

Policy in Host country

encouragement
flexibility
Restriction

Consequences

Negative
Threat to national security

terrorism

Population growth in host country

Overcrowding

increase in the cost of local services in host countries

Danger of loss of cultural identity in host country

Migrants' vulnerable position in host country.

Xenophobia

Exploitation

Trafficking

increase in inequality between remittances receivers and the rest
Separation of families
Brain drain
Positive
Culture

Contribution to a host country´s cultural diversity

Social remittances

Products

Technology

Information

Ideas

Development

Country of origin

less pressure of state-funded social services of the country of origin

Possible migrants´ return with new skills

By sending remittances

in 2015 $440 billion

Host country

population growth

Solution to labor shortages due to aging population

brain gain

Contribution to economy

Factors

Push factors
Escape

Crises

Human Rights violation

Violence

Conflict

Persecution

Extreme weather events

Natural disasters

Pressure to emigrate from developing countries

Poor social service systems

Lack of infrastructure

Pull factors
Better job and education prospects
Search for better economic/social opportunities

Better social service systems

Economic migrants

Other Information

Summary
Video
Glossary

UNFPA's Role

Sustainable Development Goals
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Voluntary Migration
Forced Migration
Long-Term Migration
Short-term Migration
Seasonal migration
Chain Migration
Return Migration
External Migration
Within the same region
Between continents
Internal Migration

Types of countries

Countries of destination/host countries
Countires of transit
Countries of origin

Migrants

Types
Environmentally displaced person
Refugee
Emigrant
Immigrant
Characteristics
15% are young migrants
Many without proper authorization
Most belong to the working age population
People in vulnerable position in country of origin
+50% women of reproductive age
Status
illegal

illegal/undocumented alien

legal

legal/documented alien