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Why Do People Migrate? Facts

Anna Triandafyllidou and Nick Dines

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for anyone interested in learning about migration, you don’t need any past experience. You can use the hashtag #FLmigrationfacts to talk about this course on social media.

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Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for anyone interested in learning about migration, you don’t need any past experience. You can use the hashtag #FLmigrationfacts to talk about this course on social media.

Topics Covered

  • Definition of regular migration and asylum seeking
  • Forced and voluntary migration
  • The Syrian refugee crisis
  • The EU asylum regime
  • Politicising migration debates
  • Mexican and Central American labour migration to the USA
  • Gender and Latin American labour migration
  • The case of the Rohingya in southeast Asia
  • The ‘Pacific solution’ policy in Australia
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Inaccurate course about refugee crisis

This course focuses on a couple of high-profile refugee crises and how the EU and Australia deal with them. It fails to cover the 'Why' in the course title, and provides very little information on voluntary migration, legal migration, or the demographics, expectations, and social and economic impacts of migration.
Course focuses primarily on the EU and Australia's handling of refugees.
""nothing at all about the economic or social impact in countries of emigration""
Course primarily focuses on refugee crises.
""says very little about why people migrate when they are not in immediate danger""
Course title doesn't match what is taught.
""I would probably give this course a higher rating if the title actually matched the content.""

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Time
9 hours
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FutureLearn
Institution
European University Institute (EUI)
Instructors
Anna Triandafyllidou
Nick Dines
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