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Why Do People Migrate? Theories 

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Why Do People Migrate? Theories
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Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

1,814

Mode of learning

Online

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Why Do People Migrate? Theories
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Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Why Do People Migrate? Theories
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FutureLearn 
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  • In this course, you will learn about different theoretical models that seek to explain why migration starts and why it continues. You will explore migration as a structural feature of our societies and examine individual's choices to migrate. You will consider the role networks and institutions play in the movement of people. You will also hear from international experts about how migration theories can help us understand cases of labour migration in different world regions.

Why Do People Migrate? Theories
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Migration as a global phenomenon

Welcome to the course

History of migration as a global phenomenon

Global migrations in the contemporary era

Wrap up of week 1

Explaining the start, the continuation and the completion of migration

Why does migration start?

Why does migration continue?

Return and migration cycles

Wrap up of week 2

Theories at work: migration case studies

African migrants and remittances

Care and domestic workers in Italy

Indians in the Gulf region

Assess your knowledge

Wrap up of week 3

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