This current population growth trend began with the initiation of the Immigration Act of 1965 from the massive immigration of both legal and illegal immigrants entering the United States over the past forty years. Accounting for nearly 4.5% of the world's population, America is the third largest, fastest growing, consisting of infinitely more diverse cultures than any other country throughout the world (Heisler & Shrestha, 2011). The constant human quest for economic opportunities in recent decades has increased the flow of economic refugees to the United States putting an enormous strain on America's public institutions and social services. Furthermore, the political turmoil in existence globally increases the flow of political refugees seeking asylum and sanctuary. Refugees from the Vietnam (Military Action) War, my family and I have first-hand experience of the discriminations and prejudices held by Americans toward foreigners when we first immigrated to the United States in 1975 following the fall of Saigon.
Explain why recently the UK is a destination of economic migrants One of the most high-profile trends of recent economic migration is the higher numbers of migrant workers from the EU joining states Immigration levels in the UK have risen significantly over the past 10 years, driven by sustained economic growth in the UK and the opening up of the labour market to the new EU addition states since 2004. Economic migrant means a person who has left his own country and seeks by lawful or unlawful means to find employment in another country. When Poland and seven other Eastern European countries joined the EU in 2004, the UK received many economic migrants. There were 500,000 workers from Eastern Europe in 2009. The pull factors included wages five times greater than they could get at home.
Life On The Margins – Food Insecurity ‘Population increase is the root cause of food insecurity’ Figure 1 Figure 1 Population growth Figure 2 Figure 2 Rapid population growth. Poor African and Third World countries have the highest growth rate in the world as shown on figure 1 which puts them at increased risk of food crises. For example, the population of Niger increased from 2.5 million to 15 million from 1950 to 2010. According to some estimations, Africa will produce enough food for only about a quarter population by 2025 if the current growth rate will continue which is alarming to say the least. The continuous rising demand enforces the supply to increase in value and this is catastrophic for most African countries.
The Inequalities in Population Distribution in Brazil Brazil in terms of population distribution is exceedingly varied and uneven. It has the sixth largest population in the world has 175 million inhabitants. The people of Brazil have 8,511,965 square kilometres that they could potentially occupy. However 90% of people are living within 500 km of the coastline (of the Atlantic) and 80% live within 320 km of the coast. When people live along the coastline this becomes known as a coastal shelf.
The vast majority of the population is living under The World State, which is an eternally peaceful and stable global society in which resources are plentiful and everyone is happy. On the other hand, the society has some flaws. Citizens have no freedom as their happiness is sometimes artificial. The World State also banishes religion, science, art and certain books, making citizens’ individual expression become retarded. Therefore, even though Brave New World is a very stable society, it still has some flaws.
The richest 10 percent of Mexicans receive 60 percent of the country's income. In contrast, the poorest 30 percent receive a little over 4 percent of it. At present, over 40 percent of Mexico's people are poor. Because of this uneven distribute of income many of Mexicans illegally cross the border to the American side to work and receive money for they send to they’re families back home. Mexico is most resourceful at oil and many different kinds of metal.
This allowed many Black Americans to get jobs and played a major role in the country’s war effort. As a result of the boom, the number of unemployed black Americans fell from 937,000 to 152,000. 48% of the black population was urban at the end of the war and jobs in the cities paid more than those in the country allowing Black Americans to be paid more than ever before. This shows an improvement of the position of Black Americans in society. Voting rights were also improved during this time period.
American Indians, African American and Asian Americans are some of the larger racial minorities in U.S. history. It is listed that African Americans average population is 12.9%. Asian Americans are at 4.6% today but that amount is changing rapidly. There are around 500,000 people that enter this country legally from Mexico every year, but at least 500,000 more cross the border illegally. It is said about 61% of all those who enter the
By 1890, several cities touted populations over 1 million people and by 1900, New York City was the second largest city in the world, outranked only by London. Huge population increases contributed to the poor living conditions of many urban Americans, which was characterized by filth, poverty and pollution. Economic change and growth were also evident. Mass production increased, and along with it, the availability of material goods. The nation’s workforce expanded and Record numbers of women and children joined the workforce.
Youthful population – The Gambia, Africa. The Gambia is one of the 50 poorest countries in the World, with a GDP (GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT – how much an individual earns in a year) of only $1000 a person on average. It also has a high youthful population. This means that there are more young people in the country than older people. This has consequences for the country and the people.