Race, Ethnicity and Migration

   

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Race Ethnicity, and Migration
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Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................3Concept of Migration...................................................................................................4Economic Migrants..................................................................................................5Refugee......................................................................................................................5Asylum seeker..........................................................................................................5Historical Background of Migration to the Uk..............................................................6Political, Public and Government Reaction towards Migration..................................7Theoretical Explanation of Migration to the UK...........................................................8Neoclassical Theory....................................................................................................8World System Theory..................................................................................................8Controversy Regarding Migration.................................................................................9Relevance of the Selected Time Frame with the Current Context...........................10Evaluation of the Policy, Practice, or Media Debate during 2013-2017...................11Recommendation Relative to the Changes in Policy or Practice.............................11Conclusion.....................................................................................................................13References......................................................................................................................14
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IntroductionMigration can generally be described as the movement of people from one place toanother. In this process, a person or a group leave their usual residence willingly orunwillingly to find a new location to live. Migration can be within a country, or It canoccur from one country to another. It can also be seasonal, temporary, or it can bepermanent. There are many reasons why migrations can occur, such as economic,social, political or environmental (Fenton, 2013.). The people who migrate are known asmigrants. Nowadays, people often consider migration a recent phenomenon, but itsexistence can be found for centuries. In recent decades, migration in the developedcountry has become an increasingly important phenomenon, Including UK. Uk hasalways been considered popular among migrants and has a high migration rate due toits liberal policy, economic condition, modern infrastructure and other facilities. Frompost-world war II to the recent entrance to the EU, this rate went higher and higher, andIts economic and political impact was notable (Hoyles and Hoyles, 2010).This portfolio is divided into two parts; First part consists of the introductory part, whichhighlights the concepts of migration and the history of migration and for which theconsidered time frame is 2013-2017. The second and last part consists of the analyticalargument discussing why migration is regarded as controversial subjects, the relevanceand impacts of policies from a theoretical and practical viewpoint, and its evaluation.
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Concept of Migration Migration is not a new concept. Human beings are migrating for hundreds of years. In2018, there were 244 million migrants internationally, which is 3.3% of the globalpopulation. Not only that, Figure 1: Differences between Pull and Push theory of migration(McAdam, 2008)since the year 2000, The total count of international migrants has increased by 85million or 49%. This high rate of migration indicated a question, Why do people migrate?For Centuries people have migrated for various reasons. These reasons can be easilyexplained by the pull and push theory of migration. It was first coined in the 19th centuryby Ravenstein of England. In this theory, he said people tend to migrate because of the
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