Sentences with phrase «force for migration»

«There was a big shift to dry and that could have been a motivating force for migration.»

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In my view, there should be an official migration to the more accurate term keyphrase, but for now I will be forced to use what I consider to be an inaccurate term.

Interestingly, the UK Border Agency — responsible for securing the UK border at air, rail and sea ports and migration controls — was set up in 2008 following a very similar set of criticisms that forced the then Labour Home Secretary John Reid to declare that the Home Office's immigration directorate was «not fit for purpose» and that a single Agency was needed to secure effective and efficient management of the UK border.

For over twenty years the outsourcing of migration controls has meant that European publics have been protected from the practical reality of forced displacement and economic desperation that is now showing up on holiday beaches.

Alex Balch has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, EU and Joseph Rowntree Foundation for research into policy on labour migration and efforts to tackle forced labour and human trafficking.

Gisela Stuart, Labour's lonely Vote Leave chair, has previously described migration as a «force for good» and believes Ukip feeds «discontent, despair and division» in its attitudes towards foreigners.

He said Trump will try to divide the Democrats to force through a draconian anti-immigration reform plan that includes funding for a wall at the Mexican border, an end to a diversity visa lottery that brings in people from around the world and a curtailing of family reunification efforts, which Trump calls «chain migration.»

In fact, climate change may mean migration — and the loss of a sense of place for folks as disparate as Pacific islanders whose homelands drown, to herders forced to abandon their pastoral ways in the Sahel.

«Laminins function as attractive chemical cues for haptotaxis of axonal growth cones,» explains NAIST Prof. Naoyuki Inagaki, whose lab studies how forces are generated in the cellular microenvironment to create directed axonal migration.

OSLO, Jan 8 (Reuters)- Governments need to plan better for rising migration driven by climate change, experts said on Thursday, citing evidence that extreme weather and natural disasters force far more people from their homes than wars.

Emphasis on «soft engineering» For instance, the task force suggests adding specific text to the state's Tidal Wetlands Act stating: «It is declared to be the public policy of the state to preserve and protect tidal wetlands and to prevent their despoliation and destruction, giving due consideration to the occurrence of sea level rise that will result in wetlands loss and migration, and to the reasonable economic and social development of the state.»

Ministers are expected to announce their targets for land restoration, to agree on measures to address the related emerging threats of forced migration, sand and dust storms, and to agree on actions to strengthen the resilience of communities to droughts.

There is also a curious spiritual element to this film, bookended with «The Migrant's Prayer,» an appeal for faithful travellers to a God who also knew the force and necessity of migration.

The participating artists have roots in nine different countries, and each provides a unique lens on universal themes: definitions of home and safety, ideological extremism, forced migration in the wake of conflict, the constant shift of weaponry and targets, and the unwavering belief in the necessity for defense.

A sustained force for immigrant rights, Bruguera collaborated with the Queens Museum in 2011 to found Immigrant Movement International, a knowledge - sharing and support group for immigrants, and a think tank to imagine a more humane culture of international migration.

For «Human Traffic», Rina Banerjee has specifically produced a series of artworks (sculptures, wooden panels, large format drawings) illustrating her reflections on the theme of movement, which she interprets in a positive (journeys that generate a great cultural diversity and richness) as well as a more abrupt way, with the forced physical circulation of bodies due to war, terrorism and poverty, thereby implicating migrations of every kind.

A spokesperson for Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) said: «The exhibition references the gallery as former dwelling, but also the sense of YSP as a sanctuary for many and our continued work with hard - to - reach communities, including those who have made the region their home whether by choice or forced migration.»

Throughout, stark black arteries suggest strength, support and stability — a psychological anchor, perhaps, for the trauma of the artist's forced migration from his native Burundi.

Birdwatchers have been aware for decades of these «irruptions,» as the migrations of immense numbers of birds to areas far outside their usual range are known, but scientists say they've now identified climate patterns as the driving force behind them.

Current models of climate change include sea level rise, land degradation, regional changes in temperature and precipitation patterns, and some consequences for agriculture, but without modeling the feedbacks that these significant impacts would have on the Human System, such as geographic and economic displacement, forced migration, destruction of infrastructure, increased economic inequality, nutritional sustenance, fertility, mortality, conflicts, and spread of diseases or other human health consequences [135,136].

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The migration of residents from the Midwest and South Florida toward the less dense Central Florida markets seems to be the driving force for new development opportunities.»