immigration
Let an agent explain immigration as a phenomenon and a policy field, relay statistics and legal frameworks from official sources, present economic and social research and political debates with attribution, describe immigration to specific countries with sources, and route personal immigration questions to authorities and qualified advisers.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain immigration as a phenomenon and a policy field, relay statistics and legal frameworks from official sources, present economic and social research and political debates with attribution, describe immigration to specific countries with sources, and route personal immigration questions to authorities and qualified advisers.
The movement of people into a country of which they are not nationals in order to settle or work there, viewed from the destination country, including labour migration, family reunification, refugee resettlement, student migration and irregular migration outside legal channels; immigration is governed by national law and international agreements, measured by statistical agencies, and is a major subject of economic research and political debate.
What it is for: Not applicable; a demographic and policy phenomenon.
It can be explain kinds and drivers; relay statistics and legal frameworks; present research and debates with attribution; route personal cases to authorities and advisers.
Distinguishing features
Destination-country perspective
Legal categories and channels
Measured by statistical agencies
Politically debated
What it looks like
Not a visible object; seen in border procedures, visas, statistics and communities.
Physical character
international migrants worldwide: about 280 million people - UN estimate, recent years
How it is recognised
Entry into a country to settle or work, from the destination perspective
Legal channels and irregular migration
Emigration is the same movement from the origin; internal migration stays within a country
Related models
is a kind of - from the destination view
is contrasted with - from the origin view
is governed by - national law
is measured by - official data
In practice
Families and kinds
labour migration
family migration
refugee and asylum migration
student migration
irregular migration
historical immigration flows to specific countries such as Japan, Hong Kong and Nicaragua
population genetics studies as a related but distinct field
Standards and regulation
National immigration and nationality laws
1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol
International labour and human rights standards
Regional frameworks such as EU free movement
Failure modes and hazards
Non-neutral or dehumanising language
Unsourced statistics
Presenting contested research as settled
Agents giving personal legal advice
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.immigration
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What immigration is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is immigration, and what kinds and channels exist? definition
- Is the user asking about their own case, which needs the authority or a qualified adviser? boundary
Drivers
Drivers.
Drivers
Drivers.
- What drives immigration, as research describes? definition
- Which entry fits a specific flow or country? action
Data Statistics and law.
Sources.
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistics
Statistics.
- How is immigration measured, and what do official figures show, with sources? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law
Legal frameworks.
Law
Law.
- How do national laws and international instruments govern immigration? provenance
- Which entry fits immigration law? action
Research Effects and research.
Attribution.
Economics
Economic effects.
Economics
Economics.
- What does research say about the economic effects of immigration, with findings attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Society
Social effects and integration.
Society
Society.
- What does research say about integration and social effects? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Debate Policy and debate.
Attribution.
Policy
Policy approaches.
Policy
Policy.
- What policy approaches exist, and what positions do parties and organisations take, with attribution? provenance
- Is the language neutral? boundary
History
History.
History
History.
- How have immigration flows and policies changed historically in major destination countries? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of immigration to a specific country? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should immigration to each country be a separate entry?
- How should statistical sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for country-specific flows and an unrelated genetics topic; should they be split off?