Migration Flows in Catalonia and Andorra - Prof. Dot Jutgla, Apuntes de Ciencias de la Educación

¡Descarga Migration Flows in Catalonia and Andorra - Prof. Dot Jutgla y más Apuntes en PDF de Ciencias de la Educación solo en Docsity! ACTIVITY 3 – MIGRATION FLOWS, PAST AND PRESENT Subject Group Date Time SOCIETY, SCIÈNCE AND CULTURE 71 17/11/14 Student’s name: MIREIA JULIÀ I ROSSELL Mexicans descend from Aztecs, Guatemalans descend from Mayans, Peruvians descend from Incas, and Argentineans descend from ships. (Popular Argentinean saying) QUESTION 1 Answer “Yes” or “No” to the following questions: A) the immigration process has been important in Catalonia in the 20th and 21st century. This is clearly demonstrated by observing the population pyramid of Catalonia (year 2011). Present arguments and justify your answers. Focusing on the graphic: In this case, the population is becoming smaller. The birth rate dropped and fewer children are born. This type of population pyramid is seen in countries where urbanization has taken place and a lot of development took place recently. If the life expectancy increases the population will not become smaller immediately. This is Catalonia’s nowadays case. As the immigration is not decreasing, in fact it is growing up, the pyramid gets larger from the middle (starting on the 30 years old) of the population. B) Are there more immigration in Andorra than in Catalonia? (year 2013) Immigration in Catalonia, based on data from Idescat, was, the 2013, of: Nacionalitat Sexe espanyola estrangera total Homes 1.868.650 11.359 1.880.009 Dones 2.030.358 Source: Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración. Romania 43,176 17,237 27,795 32,151 120,359 Italy 50,785 4,297 628 4,102 59,812 Morocco 139,160 41,825 15,998 41,503 238,486 Gambia 5,759 8,401 1,315 226 15,701 Senegal 9,631 3,036 3,069 2,719 18,455 Algeria 3,381 759 2,820 1,969 8,929 Ecuador 37,254 1,881 765 2,514 42,414 Colombia 19,181 2,816 1,817 4,324 28,138 Argentina 15,918 1,308 745 1,405 19,376 China 44,579 4,215 1,963 3,550 54,307 Pakistan 37,164 771 462 3,349 41,746 Philippines 9,792 333 14 369 10,508 Moldavia 1,767 567 442 1,299 4,075 Foreign population per province: Barcelona Tarragona Lleida Girona TOTAL 292303 87446 57833 99480 Foreign population depending on the continent of origin and province of destiny: BARCELON A TARRAGON A LLEIDA GIRONA CATALUNYA EUROPA 95728 22101 28865 37552 184246 ÀFRICA 32687 54021 23202 46417 156327 AMÈRICA 72353 6005 3327 8243 89928 ÀSIA 91535 5319 2439 7268 106561