CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Lin, Minhua |
|---|---|
| Title | From Emigration to Immigration:Lessons from Spain for Guangzhou's Immigration Policies |
| Summary | In recent decades, Guangzhou (a.k.a. Canton) experiences tremendous change in population motilities from a traditionally closed society through an emigration city to currently a destination city. It attracts a diverse body of immigrants since it is the cultural and economic center of the Pearl River delta. Before citizens and policy makers fully apprehend the impacts of immigrants, they already form their own networks and change local landscape substantively. Segregation of immigrants and locals is taking shape due to the cultural gap. Media deepen the estrangement by focusing on illegal migrants, drug trafficking, illegal labor, and other migrant related problems. The absence of immigration law, systematic immigration policies, and regulatory institutions bring confusion in street level officers, immigrants, as well as local citizens. This paper contributes to the understanding of the formation of immigrant related issues and helps develop immigration policies in Guangzhou. Up to now, there is little discussion on crucial issues like immigrants’ rights, integration, and their long term impact to local society. By comparing with Spain, a country experiences similar dramatic reverse flow of migrants during 1980s, the paper demonstrates the priorities of constructing immigration policies in Guangzhou. It proposes in the short term setting up an immigration office in charge of immigration issues; embracing economic principle in border control; focusing on cultural integration in settlement control; and in the long term joining the sending countries for co-development strategy. |
| Supervisor | Martin Kahanec |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/lin_minhua.pdf |
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