RVX1005 W4 Migration and Diversity

Please select the INCORRECT statement that describe migration and diversification, according to Ye (2021).

• Increasing migration has led people to contact diverse populations in their everyday spaces.

• With growing migrant populations, many countries have lost control over urban spaces.

• When migrant populations change urban landscapes, migrants experience both inclusion/integration and exclusion.

• By developing migrant management policies, countries carefully produces urban diversity.

Please select the CORRECT statement about Ye's (2021) explanation of 'differential inclusion'.

• Differential inclusion is the governmental strategy to combat urban diversity.

• Differential inclusion indicates social banishment of migrant populations.

• Against differential inclusion, differential diversification emphasizes social integration of diverse migrant populations.

• According to differential inclusion, migrants face varying degrees of inclusion and exclusion, depending on their social status.

Please select the CORRECT statements about the migrant management in the pre-pandemic Singaporean society, according to Ye (2021) (multiple answers).

• The emergence of migrant enclaves, such as Orchard Road, Geylang, and Little India showed urban diversity in SG.

• While living in peripheral areas of Singapore, many low-wage migrant workers faced surveillance and control in their residence.

• Due to their low economic status, the government had little interest governing low-wage migrant workers.

• In the social discourse, low-waged migrant workers were often framed as a morally dangerous body in need of disciplining.

Please select the CORRECT statement about the Singaporean government's migrant management during the pandemic, according to Ye (2021)

• To curb COVID-19, the government utilized distinctive strategies for citizens and non-citizens.

• The sharp increase in infection among low-waged migrant workers was caused by their cultural difference.

• During the pandemic, the social image of low-wage migrant workers improved and they were no long considered moral risks.

• While being the most vulnerable subjects to the virus, low-wage migrant workers suffered from the greater regulations and surveillance than others.

Ye's (2021) article shows that not only do power and __________ shape urban spaces but also unban spaces is where people, including low-waged migrant workers, experience __________.

Please select Ye's (2021) main argument (her claim) in this article.

• The Singaporean government's migrant management proves the theory of differential inclusion.

• Through the interaction between the pandemic and migrant management, low-waged migrant workers are (re)constructed as a medical threat as well as a moral risk.

• Migration creates the complexity of the government's management of urban spaces.

• In order to contain the virus, the government had to use differential inclusion to manage migrant workers.