1970's forced migration of Ugandan Asians to the United Kingdom.
Madhav Manek 3M6 25th April 2003 A Migration Case Study Topic: 1970's forced migration of Ugandan Asians to the United Kingdom Idi Amin, the head of Uganda armed forces, came to power in February 1971 in a relatively bloodless coup d'état while the President of Uganda, President Milton, was attending a Commonwealth Leaders Conference in Singapore. Amin initially was a General in the British army. The initial feeling of great happiness and well being demonstrated that Obote's measure of popularity with the Asians in Uganda was low. Idi Amin's astounding ignorance of the rule of law and how to govern a nation and to enhance and improve the well being of his peoples came to light incrementally. Idi Amin for the first 18 months indicated that there was no problem with the Asian Community and there was no known conflict or public scandal that might have explained the bombshell he dropped on the 5th August 1972. On that day in 1972 the lives of all the people living in Uganda were radically changed some for the better others for the worse. The main idea of this plan of Amin's was to make Uganda at first but then the whole of Africa purely for Africans. He wanted no foreigners especially Asians and Jews. He also didn't want the British to try and take over any part of Uganda. Idi Amin gave the
Migration Patterns
MIGRATION PATTERNS QingYing Sun 11MTL Contents . Introduction .................... 3 - Place & time - Hypotheses .................... 4 2. Methods .................... 5 - Migration Photo Exhibition 3. Results .................... 6+ 7 - Different countries - Maps - World .................... 8 - Detailed.................... 9 4. Conclusion .................... 11 - Proving or disproving Hypotheses 5. Evaluation ....................12 Bibliography ................. 13 Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION: This is an investigation based on Migration and I am aimed to find out the most common and important reasons and patterns of Migration, all over the world including different kinds of migration basing myself on the the Migration Photo Exhibition of Sebastiao Salgado in ICS during the month of November, and therefore, this investigation should only be based on that source of information. Before going to see the exhibition, I've set out four Hypotheses: - Most migrants travel only short distances and with increasing distance their number decrease. (distance decay) I think that this statement is true because the most common type of migration is commuting, and billions of people do this everyday. Tourism has developed into more local-based lately, too because short distance traveling is faster, cheaper and often safer. - Long distance migration
Migration: Russia
Migration: Russia Since the liberalisation of Russia from the control of the Soviet Union there have been several new trends in the form of major migration streams. The first of these is the migration of some of the countries brightest and most skilled workers travelling to the west. The second is and influx of Russian speakers, ethnic Russians and other from the former Soviet Union. And the next is the depopulation of Siberia and the Far East. There are several reasons for these migration trends. A push factor affecting the migration into Russia is ethnic violence and regional conflict. This violence has a negative affect on a countries economics and has caused economic declines. There is always a risk of injury and loss in times of war, this push people towards migration. Armenians and Georgians moved in significant numbers due to violence during the post-Soviet period in their countries. Large numbers of people entered Russia as "forced migrants." This term refers to people who moved to Russia not out of choice but by necessity, and have been given citizenship, migrants without citizenship a labelled as refugees. At the end of 2000, there were 667,000 persons registered as refugees or forced migrants from the former Soviet Union states and 9,710 refugees from non-FSU states. Most forced migrants arrived from either Central Asia or the Caucasus, including about 600,000
International Migration
International Migration International Migration is the movement of people between countries. It has decreased in importance in the 20th century. In the 19th century, large numbers of people moved voluntarily to different countries or even continents in the hope of colonizing new areas. EXAMPLE: White Europeans moving to south Africa to set up gold mines and sugar plantations. However there was also a great deal of forced migration especially amongs what would now be called 3rd World countries. Bristol had a major influence on forced migration in the 18th century until it got abolished. EXAMPLE: Slaves were captured on the west coast of Africa and then shipped to the carribean where many slave masters had plantations for which they would need slaves. Slaves where traded there for things like coffe and spices which would be taken back to cities like Bristol. Nowadays International migration is a lot less significant as migration is controlled to quite a far extent. In places such as Europe people are allowed to move freely between countries like France and England. This type of migration doesn't have a huge effect on the population as it doesn't occur in large volumes. However migration from problem areas is still a problem today with an increasing refugee crisis. EXAMPLE: Afghani's moving to Pakistani boarders to try to seek refuge from the on going war in there
International Migration
International Migration Around 70 million people migrate between countries each year. This type of migration is less common than internal migration such as rural to urban migration. There are two reasons why international migration is less common. Firstly the longer distance involved and political controls make it difficult for migrants to move freely between countries. The border between the USA and Mexico is more than an international frontier. It is a boundary where the rich are divided from the poor, Because of the economic contrast that exists on the other side of the border people are constantly attracted to the bright lights and big money that the USA holds. At least 1 million Mexicans try to cross the border every year most of them illegally although the USA has an elaborate security controls along the border, it is impossible to stop everyone. Those illegal immigrants who are caught are deported back to Mexico. Increasingly Mexican immigrants are unwelcome in the USA as they are seen to drain the nations social security and welfare system. In some places the scale of emigration is so high that population levels have fallen steeply. Santa Ines in NorthWest Mexico has lost two thirds of its population. But people leaving the village were not exactly poor. They left the country not out desperation but mainly to improve their quality of life. At one time only the men
Migration and Europe.
Migration and Europe - Revision How have migrants been treated, both historically and in more recent times? Have they always been welcomed? Consider: Immigration Acts, race riots, Race relations Act, violence etc. * Emigration - leaving one's country for another * Immigrant - a person who leaves her or his home country and settles in a host country * Migrant - a settler in a host country It is quite safe to say that migrants have not always been welcomed with open arms by the host countries. Natives often see them as 'stealing jobs' and 'scroungers'. More often than not migrants have had to face racism on the grounds of their skin colour or because of their culture, be it a different religion or customs. Since 1992 European governments have introduced a range of measures to reduce the flow of immigrants into Western Europe. Both national governments and the EU have made it clear that they intend to strengthen 'Fortress Europe' against the further waves of immigrants from Eastern Europe and the less developed countries expected during the second half of the 1990s. In February 1992 the Polish government introduced new measures affecting migrants from Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia and the former Soviet Union who travel through Poland on their way to Germany. Under the new measures migrants travelling through Poland would have to prove a Polish citizen
Migration Towards Western Europe
Migration Towards Western Europe "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution." Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 14, Chapter 1. Development in a country partly means the ability to meet the demand for jobs, healthcare and education for the growing population in the country whilst keeping that population growth at a desirable level. Running an efficient economy also depends on these conditions. The world today is virtually divided into three sectors; developed countries, developing countries and non-developed countries. The developed countries consist of the nations that have managed to reach a certain level of technological development along with high standarts of living for their residents which include the above mentioned conditions. These countries include the superpowers of the world like the US, Japan and most of the European Union (EU). As euphoric as they may seem, these high standarts in the developed countries attract incomers from the other two sectors. As a requirement of nature's laws, humans always want to live in better conditions and therefore population flow from one country to another, defined as international migration, occurs. The intent of this essay is to focus on the migration to Western Europe in the late twentieth century with historical information and define the recent status of migration
Causes and Effects of Migration
Causes and Effects of Internal and External Migration Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. We can divide it into two different parts. Internal migration which is rural(towns) to urban(cities). For example, Oakham to Manchester and external migration also can be said as international migration which is the movement from one country to another. For example, Turks to Germany or Mexicans to USA which I am going to talk about it as we go on. People migrate for two reasons. Firstly, they may wish to get away from the things that they do not like. These are called push factors and include:- * not enough and poorly paid jobs * old and poor quality houses * natural disasters - earthquakes, volcanoes, wars * few oppotunities - shopping centers, cinema, food, schools, hospitals * poor transport Secondly, people are attracted to the things that they do like. These are called pull factors and include:- * more and better paid jobs * new and good quality houses * better education - more oppotunities * improved medical care * better transport Now I am going to talk about the rural-urban migration in Britain. During the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century, many people in Britain were either forced to leave the countryside caused by push factors or attracted to the growing towns caused by the pull factors. Between about 1930 and 1980 there
Theoretical Analysis of migration
This Theoretical Analysis is concerning a young Guyanese girl who migrated via the United States of America to the United Kingdom. I will endeavour to critically analyse the main issues of Diaspora within this Narrative. This will involve locating the function and influence of diasporas communities in contemporary British society, reflecting on the conditions of living between culture, examining the concepts of identity in diasporas theory, exploring the idea of 'homeland' and 'hostland', describing the relevant issues and events for inclusion in a narrative of migration and last recognise and apply diasporas theory to the account contained in the narrative of migration. I aim to address, by referring to relevant sources, the very complex nature of the West Indian migration in the 1950's and draw upon similarities identified and experienced in the Narrative. I also intend to illustrate the driving forces behind a migrational move to another country, in the case from the Caribbean to the UK, and the actual reality that was received upon arrival. Before even getting into the issues that were faced in the Narrative of Migration, I feel it is important to explain what a Diaspora identity is. In the cases of the narrative it would be a Caribbean Diaspora. Although I will try to define this word, on a more boarder terms it may seem not to cover all of the Caribbean Diasporas in
Migration in MEDCs
Based on Migration Rhetoric article Q Explain why it is difficult for governments of MEDCs to maintain an acceptable level of migration into their countries (Consider Economic, Social, Political arguments in detail) Many of the governments of MEDCs (Most Economically Developed Countries) are concerned about migrants coming into the country since it has both good and bad affects to the countries. Economic Migration is most of the case for migrants trying to find jobs with better facilities and salaries. Migrants do help the economy of the countries by cheap labor. "More immigration is a good thing for the economy, plugging the gaps caused by skill shortages and offsetting some of the burden of an ageing population" states the article. It is not only the skills, numbers of people at economically active age group that are lacking within most of the MEDCs. It is impossible for those countries to increase the population in a flash of a second. Therefore, migrants are needed to fill in the gap. The article also states that the migration can help offset the impact of an ageing population by increasing the number of prime-aged workers even they are unskilled since it will lead to rise in the productivity in the countries which will be benefit for the economy. The graph in the article shows the impact of the migrants in United Kingdom. From 1981, numbers of migrants are increasing
