Population Case Study - Migration to the EU

Question 1

What are the push factors of Senegal and other central and western African countries?

Answer 1

Threat of violence and death due to wars.
Low standard of living.
Little in the way of subsistence farming.

Question 2

What are the pull factors of the EU?

Answer 2

High standards of living. 
Job opportunities. 
No ongoing wars. 
Economic benefits. 
Religious tolerance.

Question 3

Who is most likely to migrate to the EU for labour?

Answer 3

Males aged 16-40.

They often return to their countries to support their families/build houses for them.

Question 4

Where are people moving from and to?

Answer 4

From Africa (e.g. Senegal)
To the EU (e.g. Italy)