Key Points Part 2

“The USA, Canada, and Australia all had policies to keep out non-Europeans and even some categories of Europeans until the 1960s.” (pg. 14)

This shocked me because I always knew our country was racist, and unwelcoming of other people, but until almost 50 years ago, our country would do its best to keep people with brown skin out. In many cases it was in fear of simply changing the culture of the country, and even fear of another language. People from European countries that were allowed into our country still had different cultures and languages, so to me it seems as though it was solely based on the color of the person’s skin. It seems as though skin color rather than culture scares people.

“Feminization of Migration” (pg. 9)

Women until recently have not been seen as an important part of migration. They were mostly thought of afterwards as part of “family migration.” Unfortunately, this has led to ignorance about the actual challenges women face, specifically when focusing on trafficking. Women and children constitute the many trafficked workers and refugee movements happening around the world.

People tend to move not individually, but in groups. Their departure may have considerable consequences for social and economic relationships in the area of origin. (pg.5)

People who have received migrants normally talk about the economic and social relationships that have changed due to new people entering their country. Little do we think about, specifically as a wealthy country, is how migrant’s movements have impacted their country of origin.