Our classmates explicated the concept of migration which consists in a person who is to be engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which she or he is not a national. Another definition for migrant workers is a voluntary or involuntary movement of people from one place to another.
This movement of people is not new; it has been happened for ages. Migrant work initiates at the same time to the conquest of the empires and the discovery of new land. During the European Colonization 27 million slaves were trade as migrant work. This ended in the ethnical mixture of culture in every region of the world.
There are several motives for a person to migrate and in the same way there are different types of migration: internal migration, external migration, chain migration, step migration, seasonal migration and impelled migration. People migrate for two causes: the push –few opportunities, slavery, political fear, pollution, among others- and the pull –aspects to get out of the country like job opportunities, better standards of lifestyle, education, and etc-.
The principal destinations to people to migrate are: North America, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand and the main sources of migrant workers are: Asia, Latin America and Africa. The primary causes to people to move from one country to another are: social and economic exclusion, the attraction generate by developed countries, the need of these countries of counting with migration, the internal armed conflicts and the natural disasters.
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This movement of people is not new; it has been happened for ages. Migrant work initiates at the same time to the conquest of the empires and the discovery of new land. During the European Colonization 27 million slaves were trade as migrant work. This ended in the ethnical mixture of culture in every region of the world.
There are several motives for a person to migrate and in the same way there are different types of migration: internal migration, external migration, chain migration, step migration, seasonal migration and impelled migration. People migrate for two causes: the push –few opportunities, slavery, political fear, pollution, among others- and the pull –aspects to get out of the country like job opportunities, better standards of lifestyle, education, and etc-.
The principal destinations to people to migrate are: North America, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand and the main sources of migrant workers are: Asia, Latin America and Africa. The primary causes to people to move from one country to another are: social and economic exclusion, the attraction generate by developed countries, the need of these countries of counting with migration, the internal armed conflicts and the natural disasters.
Questions:
¿Do you think the Points System in Canada is meant to protect the country’s sovereignty? or ¿is it just a deliberated form of discrimination? ¿why?
I think the Points System in Canada is intended to protect the country’s sovereignty and is not a deliberated form of discrimination, because the Point System replaced another criterion which was based on religion and race. This new criteria emphasized the skills, education, and training of the independent immigrant rather than his or her ethnic or confessional background. The efficacy of the Points System, with its emphasis on immigrants of a skilled or professional occupational profile, has been mitigated by the number of individuals admitted to Canada as dependents, family members or refugees. The admission of dependents as economic or business class immigrants has been justified as both humane and practical. The government maintains that the ready admission of dependents has enhanced the country’s pull in its competition for the truly skilled. Canada can choose to relax its restrictions on immigration in order to maintain current or desired levels.
Canada implemented this policy in order to contend the old problem of brain drain. Canadian professional were moving to United States, these brought economic consequences to Canada. The Points System was created to equilibrate the previous situation.
In my opinion, this system is a useful tool for Canadian government, because they can control in a better way the people who are travelling to their country. The measure is not discriminatory because they are not basing on religion, ethnic or cultural backgrounds. By the contrary, they are basing on certain skills that could be acquired with some degree of education and training.
I think the Points System in Canada is intended to protect the country’s sovereignty and is not a deliberated form of discrimination, because the Point System replaced another criterion which was based on religion and race. This new criteria emphasized the skills, education, and training of the independent immigrant rather than his or her ethnic or confessional background. The efficacy of the Points System, with its emphasis on immigrants of a skilled or professional occupational profile, has been mitigated by the number of individuals admitted to Canada as dependents, family members or refugees. The admission of dependents as economic or business class immigrants has been justified as both humane and practical. The government maintains that the ready admission of dependents has enhanced the country’s pull in its competition for the truly skilled. Canada can choose to relax its restrictions on immigration in order to maintain current or desired levels.
Canada implemented this policy in order to contend the old problem of brain drain. Canadian professional were moving to United States, these brought economic consequences to Canada. The Points System was created to equilibrate the previous situation.
In my opinion, this system is a useful tool for Canadian government, because they can control in a better way the people who are travelling to their country. The measure is not discriminatory because they are not basing on religion, ethnic or cultural backgrounds. By the contrary, they are basing on certain skills that could be acquired with some degree of education and training.
References
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Verbeeten, David. 2007. The Past and Future of Immigration to Canada. Journal of International Migration & Integration, 8(1): 1-10.
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