Global Cities: Issues in Planning and Development

Global Cities: Issues in Planning and Development

RGPL 103: Fall 2018

Issues of Immigration in a Global Context

ASSIGNMENT & ACTIVITY # 9 (Take Home) Date: Thursday, Nov 15, 2018

10 Points for Immigration Reading Assignment

Name: ______________________________________________________

Please write about 200-300 words and bring it to class on Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018. This writing exercise is based on the text book reading (Abrahamson) Chapter 3 Immigration (scanned and uploaded on D2l).

1. Which are the 7 countries (as pointed out by Mark Abrahamson) attracting highest share of immigrant population in the world?

i) _________________ ii) _______________ iii) _________________ iv) _______________ v) ____________________ vi) ________________ vii) ___________________

2. Which are the top Global Cities with highest number of immigrants (based on Mark Abrahamson book)?

i) _________________ ii) _______________ iii) ________________ iv) _________________

3. Which country and its top Global City has very few number of immigrants compared to rest of the world’s global cities (pointed out as exception by Mark Abrahamson)?

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4. Illegal immigration is a huge issue today. Describe the situations of illegal immigrants (example of a Liberian immigrant in Italy) and especially, immigrant women (example of immigrant women in Taiwan) in Global Cities today based on Mark Abrahamson book (about 50 words). Critique and justify why is this a concern from human rights perspective.

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5. What are the key issues with illegal immigration in the United States (based on the book reading)? (50-60 words).

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6. Global Cities, such as New York City, London and others, attract huge numbers of immigrant population from around the world. Highlight 3-4 points describing how these global cities are changing socially and economically with increased immigrant population (50-60 words).

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7. Discuss the issue of human smuggling. Why is it compared to modern-day slavery? Why is this a matter of serious concerned? (50-60 words).

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