International Migration and Global Justice

Juss, Satvinder

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“…Almost 60% of the migrants who live in the northern hemisphere originate from countries from the southern hemisphere [ 2 ]. The factors driving migration are manifold and the concept of push and pull factors helps to understand processes of migration [ 3 , 4 ]. Push factors emerge from the situation in the source country.…”

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“…Push factors emerge from the situation in the source country. They can be economic (poverty, unemployment, lack of basic health services), social and cultural (discrimination based on ethnicity, sexuality, gender), political (conflict, insecurity, violence, corruption) and environmental (natural disaster, harvest failures) [ 4 ]. Pull factors emerge from the destination countries; for example the falling birth rates in Europe account for an increase in demand and recruitment of migrant populations.…”

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“…The widening disparities in wealth on a global scale also play a major role [ 5 ]. Typical pull factors are possibilities of employment or a better standard of living [ 4 , 6 ].…”

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African Female Physicians and Nurses in the Global Care Chain: Qualitative Explorations from Five Destination Countries

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Migration of health professionals is an important policy issue for both source and destination countries around the world. The majority of migrant care workers in industrialized countries today are women. However, the dimension of mobility of highly skilled females from countries of the global south has been almost entirely neglected for many years. This paper explores the experiences of high-skilled female African migrant health-workers (MHW) utilising the framework of Global Care Chain (GCC) research. In the frame of the EU-project HURAPRIM (Human Resources for Primary Health Care in Africa), the research team conducted 88 semi-structured interviews with female and male African MHWs in five countries (Botswana, South Africa, Belgium, Austria, UK) from July 2011 until April 2012. For this paper we analysed the 34 interviews with female physicians and nurses using the qualitative framework analysis approach and the software atlas.ti. In terms of the effect of the migration on their career, almost all of the respondents experienced short-term, long-term or permanent inability to work as health-care professionals; few however also reported a positive career development post-migration. Discrimination based on a foreign nationality, race or gender was reported by many of our respondents, physicians and nurses alike, whether they worked in an African or a European country. Our study shows that in addition to the phenomenon of deskilling often reported in GCC research, many female MHW are unable to work according to their qualifications due to the fact that their diplomas are not recognized in the country of destination. Policy strategies are needed regarding integration of migrants in the labour market and working against discrimination based on race and gender.

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“…Ez a folyamat viszont nem tartható fenn, nem nyújt megoldást hosszú távon, mivel ez utóbbi tevékenység nemzetközi szintű etikai problémává vált a külföldi emberi erőforrások kimeríthetőségére hivatkozva. További érv fenntarthatósága ellen az, hogy a következő évtizedekben az egészségügyi dolgozók iránti igény növekedése várható a jóléti társadalmak öregedésének, a várható élettartam növekedésének, a nagyobb egészség-tudatosság és közösségi elkötelezettségnek köszönhetően (Juss 2007).…”

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“…Chapter Four identifies and discusses the key contributing factors that inform immigration policymaking in Japan. This chapter presents my alternative explanation for why 1 Analyses of immigration policies and global migration based more specifically on humanitarian and moral grounds can be found in Jordan andDuvell (2003), andJuss (2006). Detailed discussion of Japan's refugee policies can be found in Koizumi (1992) and Arakaki (2008).…”

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The Politics of Labour Migration and Demographic Change in Contemporary Japan

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<p>Japan currently faces a demographic crisis resulting from declines in fertility rates and rapid expansion of Japan’s elderly population. Public pensions will come under immense strain as shrinking numbers of working age people are forced to support ever more retirees. At the same time, declines in fertility and falling population figures threaten Japan’s future economic growth and vitality. This thesis investigates the relationship between the demographic crisis and Japan’s strict immigration policies. Policymakers continue to refuse to allow migration to Japan in order to offset declines in Japan’s own working age population. The thesis aims to explain why Japan remains so reluctant to accept migrant workers from abroad, even though this may offer a solution to the problems of demographic decline and depopulation. I contend that conventional analyses of Japan’s immigration policies do not provide adequate explanations for why Japan continues to exclude foreign labourers. Rather, I argue that Japan’s attitude must be understood in connection with a binary, “us-and-them” mindset toward foreign countries and communities collectively that exists in Japan’s governing and bureaucratic institutions. This mindset is evident in Japan’s practical labour policy implementation, and has important cultural and political implications for Japan’s public discourses of national identity and interests. The thesis argues that Japan remains unwilling to accept migrant labourers because of an immigration policy structure that resolutely adheres to an outdated view of migrants as mere units of labour. This overlooks changed global models of migration that prioritise human rights, proactive social integration and strategic selection of migrants. While Japan could ease the effects of depopulation and demographic decline by revising core policy assumptions in order to effectively integrate migrants into the dwindling national workforce, it has so far failed to engage with newer models of migration. My analysis locates Japan’s crisis within a wider context of global demographic change and transnational population movement in the twenty-first century.</p>

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International Migration and Global Justice

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African Female Physicians and Nurses in the Global Care Chain: Qualitative Explorations from Five Destination Countries

African Female Physicians and Nurses in the Global Care Chain: Qualitative Explorations from Five Destination Countries

Erdélyi magyar egészségügyi dolgozók Magyarországra vándorlása

The Politics of Labour Migration and Demographic Change in Contemporary Japan

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