Transnationals / Remittances
How do remittances shape the global world?
They send money back to their homeland to help family or friends
What is an asylee?
Foreigners who entered the country and now seek protection from persecution.
Whats one way the Haitians immigrated to the US
Small boats
what is a climate refugee?
people forced to leave their homes due to climate change
What is a refugee
people living outside the country of citizenship for fear of political or religious persecution
What are transnational migrants?
Migrants who live in one country but stay connected to another.
What are 3 reasons for persecution?
race, religion, nationality, membership of a group, conflict, etc.
What is one reason the Haitians were leaving?
despotic rule
What is 200 million
Number of people who migrated due to climate reasons
what is the number of refugees worldwide
11 million
What are remittances
A foregin work who sends money back to their home country
12,000
The state that Haitians migrated to in the U.S.
Florida
What two things are intertwined in the people's eyes
The environment and immigration
What does the Refugee Act of 1980 do
It allows and processes refugees into the US.
What are social remittances
the ideas, behaviors, identities, and social capital that migrants transfer from host countries back to their communities of origin
What is the estimated number of asylum granted to people annually
12,000
When did Haitians start fleeing Haiti
1980s
Where do environmental refugees mostly come from
Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, and Southeast Asia
what is the number of resettlements annually for refugees
70,000