The Geography of Migration

I. Introduction

A. What is Geography?

1. Where?
2. Why there?
3. Why do we care?

B. Some Definitions mgdef.htm

II. Two Approaches to The Study of Migration

A. Why People Migrate: Push and Pull Factors

B. Migration Patterns / Prior Links

1. Guest workers
2. Channelized migration
3. Chain migration
4. Brain Drain

C. Both Approaches Useful in the Study of Migration

III. Two Major Types of Migrationmg2type.htm

A.Voluntary Migration
B. Forced Migration

IV. Voluntary Migration

A. U.S. Legal Immigration

1. History (from where and numbers)

a. European Migration to the U.S. mgeurus.htm
b. 4 waves of U.S. immigration

• mgusimm.htm
• http://www.nationalsecurity.org/heritage/issues96/immig_4.gif
• http://www.nationalsecurity.org/heritage/issues96/immig_2.gif
• http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/textonly/stats/299.html
• http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/textonly/stats/308.html

2. U.S. Immigration Laws - 1986

a. opposition to immigration
http://www.nationalsecurity.org/heritage/issues96/immig_3.gif
b. laws mguslaw.htm

3. Benefits and Costs

• http://www.cato.org/dailys/6-25-97.html

B. Migration Within a Country: Rural-to-Urban Migration

C. U.S. Illegal (voluntary) Migration

1. 1986 Immigration Law
2. Numbers http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/textonly/stats/illegalalien/index.html#Table1

3. Where and Why There?

• http://www.nationalsecurity.org/heritage/issues96/immig_8.gif

• 4. Benefits and Costs
  5. Propositions 178

V. Forced Migration

A. Forced Migration: Slavery mgslave.htm

1. Where?
2. Why there?
3. Why do we care?

B. Forced Migration: Refugees

1. Definitions

a. Refugees
b. Problems with definition

2. Major Refugee Flows

a. Numbers mgref#.htm
b. Where they're from
c. Where they go

3. Repatriations

a. UN Principle of nonrefoulement

(1) definition mgrefrt.htm
(2) problems
(3) discouraging refugees mgdiscg.htm

b Forced Repatriations mgrepat.htm

c. Recent Repatriations

C. Forced Migration: Internally Displaced Persons

1. Definition mgidp.htm
2. Where and How Many

D. Forced Migration: Environmental refugees

1. Where?
2. Why there?
3. Why do we care?