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3.8 Tensions from Globalisation
3.8A Racial Tensions
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What percentage of the UAE's population was immigrant in 2015?
84%
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What percentage of Switzerland's population was immigrant in 2015?
29%
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What percentage of Germany's population was immigrant in 2015?
14%
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What percentage of the USA's population was immigrant in 2015?
14%
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What percentage of the UK's population was immigrant in 2015?
11%
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How has globalization contributed to immigration?
It has led to large
diasporas
from many countries.
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What is a diaspora?
Dispersal of a
population
overseas
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How many Irish have emigrated overseas since 1700?
About
10 million
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What has increased the pace of migration since 1995?
Open borders
to migration within the EU
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What does FDI stand for in the context of migration?
Foreign Direct Investment
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What has deregulation of job markets allowed?
Foreign
qualified
workers to enter job markets
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What humanitarian crisis has created large numbers of refugees since 2011?
The
Syrian civil war
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How many refugees have fled Syria since the civil war began?
5 million
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What is a consequence of large-scale migration on host countries?
Strain
on housing, jobs, and services
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What risk arises from high rates of immigration?
Rise in tensions with
host country
populations
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What evidence exists regarding migration in Europe?
Increased
social and political
tensions
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What was a key area of debate in the UK Brexit vote in 2016?
The scale and pace of
immigration
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Which political parties have risen in popularity since 2010 due to anti-immigration sentiments?
UKIP
,
Front National
,
Dutch Party for Freedom
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What percentage of Swiss voters supported stopping mass immigration in 2014?
51%
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What has been questioned in the USA regarding immigration?
The
benefits
of migration from
Mexico
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What was one of President Trump's key election policies regarding immigration?
Building a wall between the
USA
and Mexico
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How do sentiments towards extremist political parties regarding immigration differ in developed countries?
Fewer people vote for such parties
now
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How have sentiments towards immigration changed in developed countries?
More common than they
once
were
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