New Geopolitics Research

New Geopolitics Research

Explaining the Relationship between Immigration and Security, Islamic Republic of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD in Geography and Rural Planning, Researcher of Holy Defense Science and Education Institute, Tehran, Iran.
2 Department of Geography and Urban and Rural Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
3 PhD in political geography, Researcher of National Defense University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Migration is one of the four main factors of population change, which, due to its nature, can create quick and short-term effects on the number and structure of the population in addition to long-term changes. The purpose of the current research is to explain the relationship between immigration and security, using the descriptive-analytical method. The required information and data were collected from the library method and the statistical yearbooks of the Statistical Center of Iran, etc. The two time periods of 2010 and 2015 constitute the time domain of the research. This article has been prepared in two stages. In the first stage, we measured the security in the provinces of Iran. For this purpose, a questionnaire with 110 security indicators was created and given to 30 internal security professors and experts, and finally 60 indicators were selected to measure provincial security. In the second stage, the provinces were ranked using the Vicor technique, and the provinces were divided into five clusters in terms of security. And Pearson's test was used to determine the relationship between immigration and security. The findings of the research show that more than 50% of the country's provinces were immigrant-first in the two studied periods. In 1390, Alborz, Hamedan, and Bushehr had the highest level of security, while Kermanshah, Sistan and Baluchistan, and Fars s had the lowest level of security, in contrast to 1395, indicating the time when Kerman, Hamedan and Tehran had the highest level of security and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Ilam and Golestan had the lowest level of security. In 2015, there was a significant and inverse relationship between immigration and security, which means that security has decreased in the provinces with a higher level of immigration.
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