Migration is expulsion by another name in world of foreign land deals | Saskia Sassen | Global development | guardian.co.uk
▻http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/may/29/migration-expulsion-foreign-land-deals
Overseas land acquisitions are rising, with people pushed off their land and into poverty; let’s not pretend that’s migration
In effect, expulsions are being rebranded as migrations, a phenomenon that will not cease anytime soon, given the ongoing search for land for crops, mining and water by governments and firms from a growing number of countries.
The generic term “migration” tends to obscure the fact that our firms and government agencies, and those of our allies, may have contributed to expulsions.
