While the migrant schools operate in a legal gray zone, officials in Fengtai District, a drab sprawl of factories and low-rent housing with a high concentration of migrants, decided on their own black-and-white answer this fall.
The concentration of migrants in certain electorates has also encouraged politicians to look after them.In addition, New Zealand has not so far been targeted, as Australia has, by Asian people-smugglers; so the emotional debate that has ensued across the Tasman Sea has not yet arrived in New Zealand, where there is still little debate about what it means to be multicultural.
The concentration of migrants in certain areas has put extra pressure on services such as schools and hospitals.
On average, job tenure is lowest in construction, trade, finance services and other services, which are also sectors with a high concentration of migrants (with the exception of finance services).
The highest concentration of migrants is observed in Tymen oblast in Western Siberia, despite its cold climate: apparently, people are attracted by job opportunities in the region's thriving oil and gas industry.
The recent tensions, he explained, are caused by the high concentration of migrants from various communities.
British holidaymakers in particular, he explained, are put off by the large concentration of migrants in the area.
"The most recent fight, on Sunday night, followed a simple enough formula explanation: Few [UK-bound] trucks because of the weekend, a high concentration of migrants, different communities with different cultures, and a certain amount of alcohol".
IOM's work is focused in 'priority provinces' that have been designated as such, based on the high concentration of migrants and frequency of cross-border communication (i.e., movement of individuals and goods).
Large and sudden arrivals can lead to extreme concentrations of migrant communities - people from Romania and Bulgaria, arriving en masse, will naturally congregate in places where there is unskilled, flexible work available and where friends and relatives may be already.
