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Download Migration and Development - Sociology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Migration and Development: the history of a concept Docsity.com ‘Traditional’ narratives Governments analysis •People migrate because they are poor •Poverty is overwhelming, or •Poverty is entrenched, and will take time to eradicate •NGOs / academic analysis •People migrate because they are poor •Border controls unlikely to work •Migration reflects demand for cheap workers within capitalist system •Migrants are exploited Governments conclusions •Border controls need to be strengthened •Reducing poverty may help reduce pressure to migrate •NGOs / academic conclusions •Genuine development needed to prevent people being forced to migrate or •Open borders required Docsity.com The ‘new’ narrative • Migration can promote development (under certain circumstances) • Need to promote and ‘lever’ remittances • Need to address ‘brain drain’, and/or promote ‘brain gain’ • Value of ‘migration management’ – necessity for legal channels for (circular) migration designed to maximise ‘development impact’ whilst minimising ‘immigration problems’ • Focus on development potential of the ‘diaspora’ But .... • Continued concern to limit and control migration • New fears about security • Criticism from some migrants’ rights activists • Frailty in face of economic crisis Docsity.com The ‘new’ narrative: some recent examples • United Nations – 2005: Report of the Global Commission on International Migration – Migration in an Interconnected World – 2006: Report of the Secretary-General - International Migration and Development • World Bank – 2006: Global Economic Prospects – Economic implications of remittances and migration • European Commission – 2005: Communication on Migration and Development – and development of ‘Mobility partnerships’ • UK – 2004: House of Commons Report – Migration and development: how to make migration work for poverty reduction – 2007: Policy Paper – Moving Out of Poverty Docsity.com Some key issues • How real or hegemonic were these ‘traditional’ and ‘new’ migration and development narratives? • What has caused narratives to change? • Which institutions and actors have pioneered change, and where has there been most resistance? Docsity.com