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1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykefc1w0Jms
2 https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2020/02/italy-migrant-boot-camp-200226170615713.html
3 https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/thestream/2019/08/25904-200324103840116.html
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1 Based on the award-winning Op-Doc Walk Run Cha Cha, discuss the approach many immigrants take to achieve a sense of transnational belonging that defines acculturation.
Op-Docs talks of immigrants from Vietnam who reconnected through Walk Run Cha Cha dance became award-winners. The story elaborates about the plight of immigrants in the host country where they try to adopt the new cultures in the host country while at the same maintaining their local cultures. Although the couple loved dancing back in their home country, the situation soon changed and we able to dance due to prevailing political conditions.
Millie reflects upon their local integration and transnational belonging through the many love letters that Paul sent her while she was still in Vietnam. The love letters sent by Paul provides insights in regards to migrant’s transnational communication networks in six years that Paul and Millie were separated. The love letters sent to Millie also reveal that transnational belonging is not affected by the underlying shift in political situations and subsequent policies but rather rational adaptations that are tailored to a specific local context (Young, Loeback, and Korinek 88). Immigrants communicate with their loved ones back in their native land through letters. The letters make the best forum where the immigrants can use their native languages to bring the sense of transnational belonging between them and their families. Once they reunite, the couple’s prior love of dancing in evidenced through their adoption of western dance which helps them to reconnect after many years of separation and strengthen their love. Most immigrants adopt the integration process because they need to adopt a new culture while still maintaining their roots. In so doing, they end up participating in various cultural activities that resonate with their culture. In the case of Paul and Millie, the western dances made them feel complete.
- According to Beitz’s and Oberman’s assigned readings, are human rights violations being committed as a result of the good intentions of the founder of Italy’s Migrant Boot Camps featured in this Al Jazeera video?
Although the methods used in Bergamo’s Boot Camp might seem to violate human rights the fundamental goal of the Boot Camp is justified (Beitz 269). It is important to understand the attitude of most Italians concerning immigrants. A section of Italians believes that the huge number of immigrants entering Italy from other countries could erode their cultures. They also associate immigrants with many social ills such as prostitution, theft, smuggling, and drug peddling. The leader of the Northern League, Matteo Salvini, worsened the immigrants’ situation in Italy by probing for the abolition of humanitarian protection of the immigrants. In such an atmosphere, the immigrants could suffer from cases of xenophobia from the Italians.
The Boot Camp is attempting to enhance the relationship between the immigrants and the Italians by trying to assimilate the immigrants into the Italian culture. One of the main focus of the Boot Camp is to help the immigrants succeed in Italy by teaching them how to express themselves in Italian, respecting, and accepting the Italian cultures (Oberman 3). Subjecting the immigrants’ unpaid community work is important in showing the community that the immigrants are not only responsible people but can also do a decent job as opposed to the underlying stereotypical outlook of the immigrants by the Italians. Although many are opposed to the military approach of the Boot Camp when dealing with immigrants, it is important to note that discipline is always an important component for any relationship to thrive. Contrary to the argument that Bergamo Boot Camps is violating immigrants’ human rights, it is in fact, improving the immigrants’ image the public’s eyes, enhancing their living standards by recommending them for employment and assisting them to achieve permanent residency in Italy.
- Discuss the concept of ‘racial-ethnic belonging’ as it relates to the settlement process of immigration and the experiences of immigrants featured in this Al Jazeera video.
Turkey is blaming Syrian refugees for its social and economic problems which have led to anti-Syrian sentiment. The Syrian refugees have caused an immense demographic impact in Turkey. The official Turkish figures state that approximately 100,000 refugees remain sheltered in the camps while most of the immigrants are settled in towns and cities among the underlying broader populations. About 3.2 million are concentrated in eighty-one provinces of Turkey. These have resulted in social enmity as both the Turks and the immigrants compete for employment opportunities. The Turks are feeling threatened due to lack of employment opportunities because the Syrian are offering cheap labor in bakeries.
The immigrants are experiencing economic challenges to integration. Although the immigrants continue to enjoy basic public services such as education and healthcare, their temporary status limits them from working legally in Turkey. The hope that the Syrian condition will improve giving the immigrant the opportunity of going back to Syria has held back the Turkish government from developing policies that would assist the Syrians from becoming permanent residents of Turkey. The existing restrictions and bureaucratic requirements have also made it difficult for immigrants to acquire residency permits that could help them obtain legal employment. These have made many working-age immigrants resort in irregular and informal employment for scant pay which is usually below normal Turkey’s minimum wage. The Syrian are made to put up with rampant exploitation and poor working conditions in construction, education, and textile sectors. The increase in consumer prices has tremendously increased the average citizens’ cost of living (Young, Loeback, and Korinek 85). The locals are complaining of Syrians unfair economic advantage because the immigrants have established unlicensed businesses that are not subject to taxation requirements imposed on the citizens.
- Discuss the concept of nation-state policies such as the visa system on the right to immigrate.
Citizenship comprises of rights, participation, legal status, and belonging. Ideally anchored in a specific political and geographic community, citizenship brings about sovereignty, state control, and national identity, but all these relationships are mainly challenged by diversity and the scope of international migration (Kerr et al 97). A better comprehension of citizenship within nation-states is achieved by discussing civic versus ethnic citizenship, assimilation, and multiculturalism. Ethnic citizenship advocates for equal rights, self-fulfillment, and self-rule but these modes of citizenship have the potential of causing irredentism and division. On the other hand, civic citizenship best functions in poly-ethnic societies and has the potential of creating unity and cohesion although it could lead to domination by the majority. Therefore, the ethnic model best serves the sub-national while the civic model suits the national level. The equal rights of the citizens are greatly affected by the politics of domination.
In regards to assimilation and citizenship, the process is also referred to as naturalization. In this process, a foreign citizen is granted citizenship in the U.S once they fulfill a Congress established requirements per the INA (Immigration and Nationality Act).
- Discuss adjudication in the context of human rights violations.
The Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) has a provision where a non-citizen plaintiff has the right to sue a non-citizen defendant for a mistake that was done outside the United States. This process is normally done in a U.S court. The move invited more adjudication of claims against international human rights in United States courts (Beitz 272).
- What is an employer-driven visa?
The process is also referred to as an employer-driven stream. It is for Alberta employers who intend to retain their foreign workers working on a permanent and full-time basis. This occurs in situations where finding Albertans to fill these positions is a challenge.
- From the year 2010 to 2012, what was the most common term used by a British newspaper to describe immigrants?
The term that was used the most used by the British newspaper in describing immigrants was ‘ILLEGAL’ (Blinder and Jeannet 1452).
- Regarding immigration, what is the value of tertiary education?
Low-skilled immigration is linked to many years of schooling and enhanced performance in their academics. Most immigrants to the U.K are more educated in comparison to the native-born population (Blinder and Jeannet 1451).
- In your words, succinctly discuss the role of ‘citizenship’ as an outcome of immigration
Most immigrants are skilled laborers who greatly help in the improvement of their host countries. It is then imminent that the host countries will offer some of the immigrants’ citizenship to continue benefiting from immigrants’ contributions to their respective economies (Kerr et al. 83).
Work cited
Beitz, Charles. “Human Rights as a Common Concern.” American Political Science Review, vol. 95, no. 2, 2001, pp. 269-281
Blinder, Scott and Jeannet, Anne-Marie. “The ‘illegal’ and the Skilled: Effects of Media Portrayal on Perceptions of Immigrants in Britain.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 44, no. 9, 2018, pp. 1444-1462
Oberman, Kieran. “Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership.” 2016
Young, Yvette.,Loebach, Peter., and Korinek, Kim. “Building Walls or Opening Borders? Global Immigration Policy Attitudes across Economic, Cultural, and Human Security Contexts.” Social Science Research, vol. 75, 2018, pp. 83-95
Kerr, Sari. Kerr, William., Ozden, Caglar and Parsons, Christopher. “Global Talent Flows.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 30, no. 4, 2016, pp. 83-106
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