Define sovereignty
The supreme power or authority - the authority of a state to govern itself or another state
example of international migration
English football
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the international migration of English football?
+ salary inflation
+ more skill talent and flair added to the English game
+enhancing the lives of those who move
+ overseas players sending a proportion of their income home as remittance payments
- domestic players are often squeezed out and end up playing for lower wages in the lower English leagues
- muscle drain is deskilling African clubs
Example of rural to urban migration?
China
What is the global issue of living outside your country of birth?
280 million of global population live outside their country of birth
Case studies of countries with different policies relating to international migration?
Japan and Australia
What policies to Australia have on international migration?
- policy is skills based
- Almost all immigrants live in big cities
- ageing population but migrants offset numbers due to retire
What policies to Japan have on international migration?
- population is declining
- only 1.7% of Japanese population is immigrants
- UN suggests Japan needs 17m migrants by 2050 to maintain population levels
- Japanese isn’t a global business language
