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... political asylum . Added to these are 18 million refugees , driven from their home- lands by natural disaster or the hunt for political asylum . Migration is by no means new . The entire human race is thought to have sprung from a ...
... political asylum . Added to these are 18 million refugees , driven from their home- lands by natural disaster or the hunt for political asylum . Migration is by no means new . The entire human race is thought to have sprung from a ...
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... Political upheavals are often accompanied by economic crisis and extreme poverty . Migrants are better viewed not as distinct categories , but as forming a spectrum with political dissidents at one end and economic migrants at the other ...
... Political upheavals are often accompanied by economic crisis and extreme poverty . Migrants are better viewed not as distinct categories , but as forming a spectrum with political dissidents at one end and economic migrants at the other ...
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... political objective of combating communism has all but disappeared , so governments gain little political kudos from granting asylum . And given the generally high levels of unem- ployment , they now court unpopularity with their ...
... political objective of combating communism has all but disappeared , so governments gain little political kudos from granting asylum . And given the generally high levels of unem- ployment , they now court unpopularity with their ...
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20 per cent abroad Africa America Arab areas Argentina arrivals Asia Asian asylum Australia average Bangladesh Belgium border British Canada Caribbean Census Chinese citizens Côte d'Ivoire coun cultural developing countries domestic workers earn economic emigration employers employment estimated ethnic European countries example Federal Republic Figure flows foreign-born France Government groups higher Hong Kong illegal immigrants immi immigrant workers increase Indian industrialized countries investment Italy Japan Japanese jus sanguinis jus soli Koreans labour force language large numbers largest numbers levels major Malaysia Mexican Mexico Middle East million Muslim native Netherlands overseas particularly Philippines plantations population proportion receiving countries recent recruitment refugees relatively remittances Republic of Germany Republic of Korea sending countries shortages skilled SOPEMI/OECD Source South Africa Soviet Union Spain Stanton Russell Taiwan China tend tion unemployed United Kingdom unskilled visas wages Western Europe women workforce