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Migration case studies

Population

          "Migration:
  • Classification of types of circulation and migration on a space-time sequence, including voluntary and forced migrations, long- and short-term and seasonal migrations and rural-urban and urban-rural migrations.
  • Analysis of and reasons for contemporary migration streams and counter streams with reference to each of: international migration, eg between and into European Union countries; rural-urban and urban-rural migration, eg within Nigeria or the UK; forced migration, eg refugee movements in the Sahel."

SQA (April 2004) Geography (Higher) Unit Specification : Human Environments , appendix 1, p42.
            Sudan Poland Afghanistan
Life expectancies Calculate yours!           Congo    

General migration

Worldmapper Has a group of maps listed under 'movement' show immigration and emigration patterns (and refugees). http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_movement.html Compare these with the land mass and population distribution maps. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_index.html

Migration BBC Scotland summary for Intermediate and Higher candidates. Has case studies for individual migrants. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/migration.shtml

BBC Migration factfile http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/world/04/migration/html/migration_boom.stm

Immigration, asylum and refugees Guardian Special Report http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR The United Nations organisaton concerned with displaced persons and refugees. http://www.unhcr.org Refugees by numbers http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/basics/opendoc.htm?tbl=BASICS&id=3b028097c Downloadable posters http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/help?id=4083de384

Migration and urbanisation Chapter from 2004 UNFPA report. http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/ch4/index.htm

Migration and asylum policies in crisis: time for a rethink? id21 article drawing on 2004 UN report from World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) http://www.id21.org/society/s7ccb1g1.html Policy briefing report in pdf format http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/pb8.pdf WIDER http://www.wider.unu.edu/

Refugees International Good for up-to-date news stories. Regional links to country-based information and archive of bulletins (good for building a case study). Photo gallery. http://www.refintl.org/ http://www.refugeesinternational.org

Migration Dialogue US-based service which promotes an informed discussion of the issues associated with international migration by providing unbiased and timely information on immigration and integration issues. http://migration.ucdavis.edu/

Migration News One of Migration Dialogue's services - will keep you up-to-date with migration-related issues. http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/index.php More links from Migration News http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/links_mn.html

Forced Migration Review University of Oxford Refugee Studies Centre in association with the Norwegian Refugee Council. http://www.fmreview.org/

Control or not? "Immigration controls are a cruel 20th-century aberration. Although they may seem like common sense, an unavoidable reality, in fact, in most countries they are less than a 100 years old." (New Internationalist Oct 2002) http://www.newint.org/issue350/sense.htm

Mexican Migration Project http://www.pop.upenn.edu/mexmig/

Migrants to the UK Detailed statistics on a Migration News press release (July 2006). http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=3208_0_4_0

UK statistics Rising birth rate, longevity and migrants push population to more than 60 million (August 2006) http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1857779,00.html

A million foreigners have settled in Britain since Labour came to power (August 2006) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2324766.html

Guardian Gallery of images from Jewish Museum exhibition Includes expulsion of Ugandan Asians and London Transport recruitment in the West Indies. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,,1443388,00.html

Rivers of Blood "Forty years after Enoch Powell's infamous speech predicting that mass immigration would lead to violence on our streets, filmmaker Denys Blakeway explores the impact of the maverick Conservative MP's words and legacy." (March 2008) http://www.bbc.co.uk/white/rivers_blood.shtml

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Poland (EU accession countries)

About 600,000 people have come to work in the UK from eight nations which joined the European Union in 2004 (Aug 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5273356.stm

Iwona comes to Glasgow BBC Scotland profile of one Polish migrant. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/case_poland.shtml Population profile http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/profile_stats.shtml?country=poland Background information on the statistics http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/profile.shtml?country=poland

UK politicians are "living on borrowed time" on immigration (Aug 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5119892.stm

BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents: Poland on the move (June 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/5128862.stm Polish concern as workers migrate http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/5129224.stm Listeners' comments (July 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/5151112.stm

Workers of the world Guardian report on Polish migrants (2005) http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/mar/09/immigration.immigrationandpublicservices

The Poles are coming BBC 2 programme broadcast March 2008 - clips available. "According to some of the locals, Peterborough is being stretched to breaking point by the influx of Eastern Europeans..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/white/poles.shtml

Can Poland woo back its emigrants? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/5154002.stm One town's plan Officials in the Polish city of Wroclaw are stepping up a campaign to lure back Poles who have gone to the UK to work. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5237994.stm

Soaring pay lures Poles back home (March 2008) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7282923.stm

Poles aplenty? Wait till the Turks arrive Speculative opinion piece in The Times with some reader feedback comments. (Aug 2006) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2323634,00.html

Polish Express was established in October 2003 and since then it has grown into the biggest Polish weekly newspaper published in the United Kingdom. http://www.polishexpress.co.uk/en/newspaper.aspx

Scotland is the place Using the slogan 'The best small country in the world', this Scottish Executive website seeks to recruit fresh young talent to counteract Scotland's rapidly ageing population. "Scotland, a country of some five million people, is actively seeking a flow of Fresh Talent to flourish alongside native-born Scots and secure its place as an essential part of the global economy." There is a version of the site in Polish (and in Chinese). http://www.scotlandistheplace.com

“In our view that proves Scotland was and continues to be an attractive destination for migrant workers.” A Scottish executive spokesman on the news that 32,000 eastern Europeans settled in Scotland in past two years. The Sunday Times - Scotland, August 27th 2006.

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Sudan (Darfur)

Mohey moves to Edinburgh Profiles one migrant from the Sudan http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/case_sudan.shtml Collecting population data in Sudan BBC Scotland profile for Higher and intermediate students. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/profile.shtml?country=sudan Population profile http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/profile_stats.shtml?country=sudan

BBC News In depth: Sudan a nation divided Has links to a range of news stories about Sudan and the situation in Darfur. Constantly updated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/africa/2004/sudan/default.stm

BBC 'In pictures' and 'Special reports' often includes photo diaries, quick guides and other topical pieces. Darfur displaced (April 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/africa_conflict_in_darfur/html/1.stm Darfur refugee (2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/04/africa_darfur_refugee/html/1.stm Sudan trek (2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/africa_sudan_trek/html/1.stm Sudan ex-slave (2007 audio slideshow) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/6468215.stm

BBC Africa page http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/default.stm Country profiles Compare Sudan with those countries it neighbours. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

UNHCR The UN refugee agency's website - news, maps, photo and video galleries. South Sudan operation http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/southsudan Chad and Darfur http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/chad

Trading places Covers some of the advantages an influx of refugees can bring to an area, in this case Sudanese refugees in Uganda. (New Internationalist 1996) http://www.newint.org/issue283/trading.htm

Southern Sudan: Refugees and Returnees Voice of America feature (July 2006) http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2006-07-20-voa25.cfm

The long road back Developments magazine reports on the prospects for returning Sudan's displaced peoples. http://www.developments.org.uk/data/issue25/sudan-new.htm

Darfur misery has complex roots http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3692346.stm

Darfur: Little hope five years on (March 2008) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7263663.stm

Journey of Tears Abu Baker’s family live in Darfur, experiencing, like thousands of others, the tragedy and disruption of the recent conflict. He returned to his birthplace with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and reflects for Developments on what has taken place. http://www.developments.org.uk/data/issue27/sudan-journey.htm

Documenting Atrocities in Darfur US Government report from 2004 with photos, maps and statistics. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/36028.htm

Darfur photos Photos of Darfur refugees by Dr. Eric Markusen, Director of Research for the Danish Centre for Genocide Studies, Copenhagen. http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Histories__Narratives__Documen/Genocide_In_Our_Time_Darfur_/genocide_in_our_time_darfur_.html

Darfur wall A fund-raising site which portrays deaths visually as a wall of numbers. http://darfurwall.org/wall

Darfur is Dying "Players must keep their refugee camp functioning in the face of possible attack by Janjaweed militias. Players can also learn more about the genocide in Darfur that has taken the lives of 400,000 people, and find ways to get involved to help stop this human rights and humanitarian crisis." http://www.darfurisdying.com/index.html

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Congo

Journey from Congo to Motherwell If you had grown up in rural Africa and were forced to run for your life in the midst of a civil war, what would you think when you stepped off a train in Motherwell? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6952193.stm Louvain Luvunzu's story. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6952449.stm More on Congo

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Afghanistan

Geographyalltheway.com Teaching and learning guide to the Afghanistan migration topic. http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ib_geography/ib_population/afghanistan_migration.htm

UNHCR "More than 4.5 million Afghans have returned to their homeland since the end of 2001, when the Bonn Agreement set Afghanistan on the long and bumpy road to political stability and socio-economic development. UNHCR has been part of that process since the beginning, with staff and offices all around Afghanistan to assist the millions displaced by decades of strife and war." http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/afghan

Refugees International Afghanistan page http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/country/detail/2911/ Camp photos http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/photo/detail/2165/

BBC Quick guide: Afghanistan conflict http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5140380.stm

Afghan refugees find their niche in Australia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3680581.stm

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