Connections Between People

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Bronwen Schamrel (A9295803) Option A Explain and evaluate the argument which is summarised in the following statement. Movements of people create connections between people, places and institutions. The movements of people create connections between people, places, and institutions. Through definitions, a deeper look can be taken as to how the movement of people seen by government, studies, and private groups. Migration is an everyday occurrence but is it simple for people to migrate to a chosen destination and what is involved in such a decision. Are there other factors that play a role in the decision migrate from this what can be gained and what can be lost. The Office of National Statistics states that, “A long term international migrant is someone who changes his or her country of usual residence for at least a year, so that the country of destination becomes the country of usual residence.” (ONS, 2009 sited in Raghuram 2009:164). The definition of who an immigrant is falls into three different criteria according to who is defining immigrants, Newspaper reports, government statistics, and studies, that study migration number, can use one of these definitions to define who they think an immigrant is. (Cited in Raghuram, 2009: 164). These different definitions, divides peoples opinions leading debate, and is used to suite and better arguments. (Table 1,cited in Raghuram 2009: 166) The Home Office conducted a study in 2001, showing that a 1 per cent rise in immigration led to a rise of between 1.25 and 1.5 per cent in GDP (Glover et al., 2001, cited in Raghuram, 2009: 169). In another study, it was shown in financial terms that revenue grew from £33.8 billion in 1999-2000 to £41.2 billion in 2003-2004 (Sriskandarajah et al., 2005, p. 12, cited in Raghuram 2009: 169) Although Migrant Watch, an anti-immigration group, found in their study that migrants

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