Demographic and Social Consequences of Political Changes Andrea Koozer and Amara Perry

South Asians to Britain 1932 there were about 7,000 South Asians settled in the UK After World War II semi-skilled and unskilled came in search of employment Indian migration to the UK increased through the 1950s and 1960s Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 Act was amended by the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 Immigration Act 1971

Algerians to France France occupied Algeria 1961 Algerian independence 1968 Algerian and French set quotas on migrants 1973 oil crisis March 1974 embargo was lifted 1980 Algerian and other North African workers lost their union rights and benefits 1990s Algerians had no voice in the French political system

Filipinos to United States April 11,1899 Spain sold the Philippines to the US Filipino American War from 1898 to 1902 Pensionados allowed to come to US and learn in universities Early 1900s Filipinos came to Hawaii Tydings - Mcduffie Act of 1934 World War II 250,000 to 400,000 Filipinos served in military July 4, 1946 Philippines independent Immigration Act of 1965

Interaction Between Humans and the Environment: People migrate from one place to another 1973 Oil crisis Development and Interaction of Cultures: When people move, they take their cultures with them US educated Filipinos - learned their culture Interaction Between Economic Systems: In times of economic crisis (i.e. Great Depression) immigrants weren’t liked Development and Transformation of Social Structures: Immigrants were low in society

Genocide in Cambodia 1953: Independence from France after 100 years of colonial rule 1970: Prince Norodom Sihanouk deposed; leaned on Khmer Rouge 1975: Khmer Rouge captured capital Phnom Penh & evacuated city 1979: Vietnamese troops chased out Khmer Rouge and established a socialist government. 1989: Vietnamese withdrew; left behind a pro-vietnamese govt. under Hun Sen

Displacement in Darfur 2003: two rebel groups rose against govt., blaming neglect Govt. accused of arming militia drawn from Arab tribes in order to suppress the rebel groups JEM and SLA 2009: ICC issued arrest of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir 2010: Fighting escalated, ICC issued second arrest At height of conflict ( ), 2 million people are displaced after fleeing homes.

Interaction Between Humans and the Environment: Migrations of people: Vietnamese to Cambodia Sudanese to Chad Development and Interaction of Cultures: Diffusion of ideas and culture when Vietnamese govt. installed in Cambodia Interaction Between Economic Systems: Pol Pot attempted to change the economy to totally agrarian Development and Transformation of Social Structures: Govt.’s mismanagement caused rise of rebel groups Upper class was purged in Cambodia in order to create a communist society

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