Immigrant and Refugee Movements and Cultures

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This course covers the main issues, causes and effects of mass population movements. It is a comparative study of selected recent and current immigrant and refugee groups, their origins, cultures and current socioeconomic situations. It covers their strengths, challenges and contributions to their new societies. The realities of particular class, ethnic, gender, generation and political groups will be analyzed. Refugee and immigrant groups within communities of North America and other areas will be studied.