DHS Y4 Soc Sem Reading_Migration

Dunman High School Year 4 English 2023 Socratic Seminar SOCRATIC SEMINAR – MIGRATIONEssential Questions:●Why do people migrate and what may be some of the implications of this decision?●What are some possible challenges in a country that welcomes migrants? Pay particular attention to the situation in Singapore.●What are some of the ways to integrate into a new country?With reference to the attached resource material, as well as your own research, construct a reasoned response on this issue, paying particular attention to the depth, breadth and fair- mindedness of your views.You are not limited to discussing the essential questions above. You may dig deeper into the issues by asking critical questions to your fellow panelists, or lead the discussion into a specificperspective or angle.Glossary:Emigrate means you are exiting your current homeland:People are always saying there's no quality of life in Russia, and everyone wants toemigrate," he said. (New York Times)Immigrate means you are coming in to a country to live:Citizens from 17 European Union countries were given freedom to immigrate to Switzerland in 2007. (Business Week)

Migrate means to move, like those crazy Monarch butterflies that migrate from Canada to Mexico and back. It doesn't have to be a permanent move, but migrate is more than a weekend away, and it's not just for butterflies. "Snowbirds" are people who migrate south for the winter and come back north when the snow melts, or someone might migrate to another part of the country for work or to be closer to family. Here are some examples:Nevertheless, it has often been assumed that dinosaurs did migrate.(Scientific American)People are prepared to travel and migrate within America. (Business Week)In summary:Emigrate is from the point of view of the departure. Think exit. Immigrate is from the point of view of the destination. Think come in. Migrate is all about the moving. Think move.https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/emigrate-immigrate-migrate/

Exhibit 1:Commentary: Behind the brain drain in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, stymied aspirations and growing rootlessnessBrain drain is more than an economic issue and there are lessons Hong Kong and Taiwan offer for Singapore, say two observers.Yew Chiew Ping | Channel News Asia10 Jun 2018 07:50AM(Updated: 29 Jan 2021 05:18PM)SINGAPORE: If you think brain drain is a problem that afflicts only developing or less developed countries, think again.The phenomenon, which refers to the large-scale emigration of educated and high-skilled individuals from their birth country, also exists in OECD countries such as Spain, Ireland and Italy.Neither are Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore – prosperous economies with a GDP per capita of US$46,228, US$24,337 and US$57,722 respectively in 2017 – immune from brain d