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1legal immigrant who has work visa, usually short term16 sets
2workers who migrate to the more developed countries of northern and western europe, usually from southern of eastern europe or from north africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.15 sets
3workers who migrate to the more developed countries of northern and western europe, usually from southern and eastern europe or from north africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.12 sets
4legal immigrant who has a work visa, usually short term.5 sets
5workers who migrate to the more developed countries of northern and western europe, usually from southern and eastern europe or from north africa, in search of higher-paying jobs5 sets
6immigrant workers who originally welcomed in west germany as an answer to the labor crisis; in the 1990's they became a source of controversy as they called for equal citizenship, especially after the euphoria of reunificaiton in germany4 sets
7citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in western europe and the middle east.4 sets
8legal immigrant who has a work visa, usually, short term3 sets
9legal immigrant who has a work visa3 sets
10legal immigrant who has a work visa, usually short term3 sets
11citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in western europe and the middle east3 sets
12faced many problems such as poor social benefits, poor living conditions, and persecution2 sets
13workers who migrate to the mdcs of n and w europe usually from s and e europe or from n america in search of higher paying jobs2 sets
14wokers who migrate to the more developed countires of northern and western europe in search of higher paid jobs.2 sets
15workers who migrate to the more developed countries2 sets
16these people come from other countries for money and cannot stay permanently.2 sets
17what western european gov'ts called migrant workers2 sets
18workers who migrate to the more developed countries of northern and western europe usually from southern and eastern europe or form north africa, in search of higher paying jobs2 sets
19in germany and other european countires, from turkey and middle east, provided low-wage labor for booming countires2 sets
20workers who migrate to the more developed countries of northern and western europe usually from southern or eastern europe in search of high paying jobs1 set
21citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in western europe and middle east1 set
22citizens of poor countris who obtain jobs in western europe and the middle east1 set
23these are citizens from ldcs who temperarily move to antother country in seek of a better job, the prominent destinations are the middle east and europe. for time-contract workers the primary location is asia. foriegn workers encompass 1/2 of the workers in luxembourg, 1/6 of those in switzerland, 1/10 austria, belgium, and germany. guest workers are useful in that they take the low paying jobs that citizens of mdcs do not want. these can include: bus drivers, garbage collectors, street repair, and dish washers. from the perspective of the europeans, these workers are low paid, but european standards are far higher than those in ldcs. with foriegn currency being sent back to the workers' families in ldcs, it stimulates the economy there. when british colonies were given their independance, and residents of these colonies could choose to become british citizens or of the new country. many chose british citizenship and eventually moved to the uk, although their families were not allowwed to join them. the majority of guest workers in europe come from the middle east, e. europe, and asia. turkey has large numbers of its workers move to n. europe, esp. germany (750k employed there). in france, a large portion of its guest workers come from the former french colonies of n. africa, including algeria and morocco.1 set
24workers who migrate to more developed countries for higher paying jobs1 set
25play a useful roll because they take the low-status and low-skilled jobs most citizens wont take1 set
26unskilled workers used primarily in east/south asia to fill jobs native peoples prefer not todo1 set
27protect by minimum wage laws, labor unions, and other support programs in europe. provide essential services in berlin, brussels, paris, and zurich. uk restricts available work permits. largest movement of guest workers occurs in germany with turkish citizens.1 set
28a largely unskilled laborer, often immigrant from south and east asia, brought in to the oil booming countries to fill job openings that the region's native people find culturally or economically unacceptable1 set
29individuals who migrate temporarily to take up jobs in other countries1 set
30labor migrants1 set
31citizens of poor countries who come to western europe and the middle east to work1 set
32citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in western europe & middle east1 set
33flow lines above most likely represent flow of guest workers1 set
34workers from europe's agricultural periphery primarily greece turkey southern italy and yugoslavia solicit to work in germany france sweden and switzerland during chronic labor1 set
35workers who migrate to the more developed countries of northern and western europe usually from southern and eastern europe or from north africa.1 set
36workers who migrate to the more developed coutnries of northern and western europe, usually from southern and eastern europe or from north africa, in search of higher paying jobs1 set
37workers that migrate from ldcs to work in mdcs1 set
38the flow lines on the map above most likely represent the movement of ___________1 set
39legal immigrants who have work visas, usually short term1 set
40people from poor countires who get temporary jobs oversees. they takes low-paying and low-status jobs that locals don't want (washing dishes, fixing roads, driving buses). they send their money back home, which helps their economy. they miss their families tho1 set