1a - Global migration involves dynamic flows of people between countries, regions and continents

Question 1

Population change?

Answer 1

the balance of The birth rate and the death rate; immigration and emigration

Question 2

Refugees

Answer 2

a person who has moved outside the country of their nationality or an usual domicile cause of fear or prosecution of death

Question 3

Asylum seeker

Answer 3

a person who seeks entry to another country by claiming to be a refugee

Question 4

Push factor

Answer 4

negative attributes of migrants origin country encouraging them to leave

Question 5

Pull factor

Answer 5

positive attributes of a host country which attracts migrants

Question 6

Migrant remittances

Answer 6

money transferred from one country to another sent home by migrants to their families/friends/communities

Question 7

Diasporas

Answer 7

The spread of an ethnic or national group from their homeland E.g. Jews from Israel

Question 8

The UN defines migration as

Answer 8

the movement of people across a specified boundary, national or international, to establish a new place of residence

Question 9

population change is a balance of four processes?

Answer 9

• birth vs death lead to natural change = natural increase or natural decrease
• Immigration vs immigration =migrational change (net gain vs net loss)

Question 10

Net migration?

Answer 10

Number of immigrants – number of emigrants

Question 11

The migration system?

Answer 11

• The migration system is dynamic
• There has been an increase in migrants however getting accurate reliable statistics as difficult as many migrants move illegally
• The increase can be explained by the globalisation process making it easier for people to know more and travel between countries

Question 12

Reasons for/causes of migration? (are diverse):

Answer 12

• Voluntary – make a choice usually for economic or family based reasons
• Forced – migration for political or cultural reasons which are refugees and asylum seekers

Question 13

Intra regional migrant flows?

Answer 13

migration of large numbers of people between different regions within a country:

• Africa, Asia and Europe (2.2 million)
• Looking for a better location within similar culture and language, rural to urban migration, easy and low-cost, no passports and access everywhere

Question 14

Inter regional migrant flows?

Answer 14

migration of large numbers of people between different regions of the world: (often short distance to neighbouring regions)

• South to west Asia, Africa to Europe, South America to North America
• Easy and lower costs, more choice = increased opp

Question 15

International migration

Answer 15

• The most significant destination for international migration is Europe
• Better opportunities, remittance payments, safer locations, strong economy, open to migrants

Question 16

Characteristics of the U.K.’s recent migration

Answer 16

• migration contribution to UK population in 2014 = 318000
• In 2015 it was 330,000 so it’s increased by 12,000 (migration in UK is increasing over time)
• Most migrants come from India, Poland and Pakistan. And most live to Australia, USA, Canada
• Main reasons for UK migration is employment opportunities (working age, managerial occupations), Family reunification (moving to Joy in the relatives overseas), retirement(retirement age, sell high UK house prices and live cheaply abroad, warm climate and good quality of life)