... "Forgetting the primacy of population issues is a major mistake in thinking that generates numerous errors of global importance."
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Before taking into consideration the current situation, we should first take a look at history and analyze how demography and migration have advanced Russian-Georgian relations in years prior, since he who knows the past has a better command of the present.
Long-term processes of migration between Russia and its near abroad can be divided into three periods.
The 18th – ...
... no coincidence the continent is flooded with investments, particularly from China. Labor issues are rightfully in the limelight, among them the portrait of the average Latin American worker, labor conditions, and economic sectors, youth issues, and migration flows.
Latin America has, so far, experienced two powerful socio-demographic trends in the 21st century that are relevant to the labor environment. The first is the so-called
demographic bonus
phenomenon, meaning a minimal population ageing ...
... motherland by different groups of Latin Americans. According to surveys from 2011-2012, about 28 percent of Latinos regard immigration reform as a key priority in addition to the state of the economy, employment, education and healthcare.
Among Mexicans
... ... 30 percent.
Ageing Population Alters State Priorities
Finally, the 2010 census has unveiled one more novel trend in American demography, i.e. an abrupt growth of the share and absolute number of senior citizens (above 45 years of age) due to ageing, a ...
Russia is an immigration country
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At first glance, transnational migration appears unparalleled in scale. Whereas in 2000 there were 120 million people around the world residing outside countries of their birth, in 2003 the figure rose to 150 million, in 2005 – ...
... and those of their children, who are now grown up but who still have no other legal status, remain one of the sore spots in migration policies.
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. Supplement Number 3 to the sub-program “Fulfillment of state obligations for provision of housing ... ... Russian Federation, July 22, 2006.
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. A. Vishnevsky, “Will Central Asians and Compatriots be able to Repair Russia’s Demography?” TsentrAzia, May 20 2009; V. Yelizarov and A. Vishnevsky, Interview for RIA Novosti, February 2010
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Migration and Demography
Migration and Demography
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Migration is a socio-demographic process that has been socially, economically, politically and culturally critical throughout the history of mankind. Migration has invariably remained one of the three fundamental mechanisms ...
... additional opportunities. In group two, where the demographic transition is not yet complete, the global trend of fertility decline will continue. Quite possibly, some countries will take up the Chinese
one family – one child
policy.
How Can Demography Affect International Relations?
The age structure, shaped by a substantial reduction in the birth rate in the 1990s, threatens to exacerbate demographic problems over the next 10-20 years. Without migration, the population will decline, because of its significant loss due to natural causes.
In the next 50-80 years, international relations will be at risk of further deterioration. The reasons go beyond uneven economic development, religious diversity ...