Chapter 1 – Making sense of migration in an increasingly interconnected world

McAuliffe, Marie; Ruhs, Martin

doi:10.1002/wom3.1

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“…The growing number of refugees worldwide is not only a consequence of wars and bad governance in some regions, it is to some extent also a consequence of worsening environmental conditions and threatened livelihoods, in particular the scarcity of (clean) water and food [25].…”

Section: Tipping Points Versus Gradual Environmental Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Science-Based and Knowledge-Based Targets for Global Sustainable Resource Use

Bringezu

2019

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The article discusses key aspects to be considered for the orientation of sustainable resource policies. Resource management at the local scale needs to be supplemented by governmental action in order to adjust production and consumption toward acceptable levels of global resource use. What is acceptable is being informed by scientific findings on environmental degradation and relevant cause–effect relationships. However, the desired state of the environment, the tolerable level of uncertainties about environmental impacts, risks of societal conflicts, and ethical considerations all involve normative considerations. Policy decisions for sustainable global resource use must be taken on the basis of imperfect information. A wider systems perspective, longer time horizon, and broader involvement of available knowledge could provide a sufficiently valid basis to derive directionally safe targets. Possible proxy targets for global biotic and abiotic resource use, considering land, biodiversity, and water issues, are presented on a per-person basis for 2050 for further discussion and research. These values could be used to assess the resource footprints of countries with regard to sustainability, providing orientation for governments and industry.

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Section: Tipping Points Versus Gradual Environmental Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Science-Based and Knowledge-Based Targets for Global Sustainable Resource Use

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2019

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“…In recent decades, many Western countries have experienced increased immigration from countries with relatively low alcohol consumption (see for instance McAuliffe and Ruhs, 2017). For instance, people originating from low-consumption countries constitute a sizeable proportion of the immigrant population in European countries such as Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK (Eurostat, 2018;World Health Organization (WHO, 2014).…”

Section: Migration and Alcohol Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Immigration and the decline in adolescent binge drinking

Rogne¹,

Pedersen²,

Bakken³

2019

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Background: Adolescent alcohol consumption has fallen in most Western countries over the past two decades, while immigrants and children of immigrants from low-consumption countries constitute a growing proportion of teenagers in many Western nations. We investigate the extent to which immigrants and children of immigrants have contributed to the decline in adolescent heavy episodic drinking in Oslo, the capital of Norway.Methods: We use repeated cross-sectional survey data on adolescents in grades 9-11 in Oslo (aged around 14–16, N = 54,474) from 1996 to 2018. We use data on heavy episodic drinking/intoxication in the past 12 months (dichotomized), immigrant background, sex and grade. We decompose the trend into components attributable to changes in the demographic composition of the adolescent population (by immigrant background, grade and sex), and to changes in drinking patterns within different groups. Confidence intervals (CIs) are obtained by bootstrap resampling.Results: The proportion of adolescents with immigrant backgrounds increased from 21% to 35% over the time span. The proportion reporting having been intoxicated fell from 42% to 25%. Most of the decline stems from reduced heavy episodic drinking in the majority population, accounting for 70.8% of the reduction (95% CI: 67.5–74.2). The increased proportion of adolescents with an immigrant background accounts for 21.4% of the decline (95% CI: 19.2–23.8).Conclusions: An increasing proportion of immigrants and children of immigrants with low alcohol consumption explains one-fifth of the decline in the prevalence of adolescent heavy episodic drinking in Oslo.

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“…It should be noted, as McAuliffe and Ruhs point out [ 8 ], that the International Organization for Migration recognizes disability as an element of vulnerability:…”

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“…Vulnerable migrants are those who, even without meeting the requirements to receive protection under refugee frameworks, face a variety of situations in their home countries that endanger their lives or are subject to discrimination based on any reason (p. 159 [ 8 ]).…”

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Superdiversity and Disability: Social Changes for the Cohesion of Migrations in Europe

Cano

Sampedro-Palacios

Ricoy-Cano

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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In recent years, international migration has changed considerably, improving our understanding of the diversity of migrants, something that until recently was viewed as a fixed pattern associated with the ethnic group in question. At the same time, in the international context, the importance and the need to recognize the rights of people with disabilities has grown. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide a more detailed analysis of this phenomenon in Europe, from the perspective of superdiversity, which covers the different variables that come into play, as well as the responses to the diverse needs that are provided through the action protocols in host countries. To address the objective of this research, we present a critical review of the migration policies undertaken at the European level, methodologically approached using the causal inference model. Our findings show a lack of structure of social and professional intervention policies, at the international level, towards refugees with disabilities. We conclude by presenting a series of political guidelines that rely on scientific evidence to improve the lives of migrants with disabilities.

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Chapter 1 – Making sense of migration in an increasingly interconnected world

Cited by 47 publications

References 4 publications

Toward Science-Based and Knowledge-Based Targets for Global Sustainable Resource Use

Toward Science-Based and Knowledge-Based Targets for Global Sustainable Resource Use

Immigration and the decline in adolescent binge drinking

Superdiversity and Disability: Social Changes for the Cohesion of Migrations in Europe

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