Population and the Impact of Immigrants/Refugees Post: #5

Population and the Impact of Immigrants/Refugees

                               

Figure 1.1 Map showing Turkey and its borders

                             

      The total population of Turkey in 2012 was 74.5 million people. The population of Turkey is affected by the amount of Syrian refugees fleeing the war and violence in Syria seeking political asylum and safety. There is not an accurate population for Turkey right at this point in time, but it has been reported by the BBC that there are roughly 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey at present. Turkey has provided some refugee camps for Syrians and are helping out with the crisis/warfare in Syria the best they can.  

 

Figure 1.2 Showing a refugee camp in Turkey for Syrian Kurdish refugees

     The United States of America has a population of 316 million and has a limited number of refugees/immigrants from Syria. However, the United States is facing its own immigrant/refugee situation with a different part of the world. Many people, particularly women and children, are fleeing Mexico and other Latin American countries seeking refuge and safety in the United States. Both of the United States and Turkey have people seeking political asylum within their borders. According to a recent article published by ABC News states that there are 18,244 minors seeking political asylum from Honduras alone. There are 17,057 minors from Guatemala, 16, 404 from El Salvador, and 15,634 from Mexico. These numbers are just the amount of children under the age of 18 fleeing the violence and poverty of Mexico and South America to the United States.

     The net migration rate has increased greatly in both the United States and Turkey. Our textbook, Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World by Rowantree, Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff, defines the net migration rate as “the amount of immigration and emigration (25)”. Many of these immigrants/refugees are fleeing to big, highly populated cities in both the United States and Turkey. Population density has been steadily going up over the last few years in both countries. Our textbook defines population density as “the average number of people per area unit (square mile or square kilometer) (26). Another definition to know that relates to the increase in people in urbanized, large, and densely populated cites is urbanized population. Urbanized population is defined by our textbook as, “the percentage of a country’s population living in cities (26).”  Both Turkey and the United States have a problem/crisis with people fleeing to their borders for political asylum and personal safety.

	Population (Millions) 2012	Population Density (per square   kilometer)	Rate of Natural Increase	Total Fertility Rate	Percent Urban	Percent <15	Percent >65	Net Migration
U.S.A	313.9	33	0.5	1.9	79	20	13	3.1
Turkey	74.9	96	1.2	2	77	26	7	-0.1

Figure 1.3 Comparing the population, population density, rate of natural increase, total fertility rate, urban percent, and net migration of Turkey and The United States Of America.

Works Cited

Textbook definitions

Lewis, Price, Rowntree, Wyckoff. "Chapter One, Three, and Seven." Globalization and Diversity:      Geography of a Changing World. 4th ed. Pearson Education, 2014. 21- 26, 77, 226. Print.

United States Population

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-16759230 October 15, 2014

Turkey’s Population

 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17992009 October 15, 2014

Syrian Refugee Population

http://syrianrefugees.eu/?page_id=80 October 15, 2014

http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e48e0fa7f.html October 15, 2014

Latin America Refugee Population

http://abcnews.go.com/US/unaccompanied-minors-adapted-life-america/story?id=26481233 November 2, 2014

Figures Works Cited

Figure 1.3

Lewis, Price, Rowntree, Wyckoff. "Chapter One, Three, and Seven." Globalization and Diversity:                Geography of a Changing World. 4th ed. Pearson Education, 2014. 21- 26, 77, 226. Print.

Figure 1.1

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17988453 November 23, 2014
Figure 1.2

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/11/355340451/turkeys-troubles-complicate-u-s-battle-with-isis November 23, 2014