1.2 Migration

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

Movement of people from one location to another location

Question 2

Emigrant

Answer 2

person who leaves a country to migrate to another

Question 3

Immigrant

Answer 3

A migrant arriving in a country

Question 4

Migration balance

Answer 4

Difference between emigrants and immigrants

Question 5

Internal migration

Answer 5

Movement of people within a country

Question 6

Rural-urban migration

Answer 6

Movement of people from rural areas to urban areas

Question 7

International migration

Answer 7

Migration between countries

Question 8

Temporary migration

Answer 8

migration for a limited period of time

Question 9

Permanent migration

Answer 9

migration with the intention of staying there forever

Question 10

Voluntary migration

Answer 10

people choose to migrate, usually for economic benefit

Question 11

Forced migration

Answer 11

People have no choice but to migrate because their life is in danger

Question 12

Economic migration

Answer 12

Migration for job opportunities

Question 13

Seasonal migration

Answer 13

Migration just for a season (ski season, harvesting season)

Question 14

Commuting

Answer 14

Movement from home to workplace (and viceversa)

Question 15

Push factors

Answer 15

thing that are driving you from the location where you live

Question 16

Pull factors

Answer 16

Things that are attracting you to a new location

Question 17

Push factors from origin (4)

Answer 17

No jobs
Pollution/congestion
Crime
Poor services (education+healthcare)

Question 18

Remittances

Answer 18

Money sent home to family/friends by migrants living in other location.

Question 19

Refugees

Answer 19

Person who has been forced to leave their home and country (war, natural disasters, persecution)

Question 20

Persecution

Answer 20

When someone is attacked for their beliefs

Question 21

Internally displaced person (IDP)

Answer 21

Person that has been forced to leave their home but not their country.

Question 22

Asylum seekers

Answer 22

Person seeking refuge in a foreign country because their life is in danger in their home country.

Question 23

Reasons for voluntary migration (4)

Answer 23

HERE:
Healthcare (travel to obtain better medical facilities)
Employment (better jobs, better pay, businesses opportunities)
Recreation (family, climate, landscape)
Education (study abroad for a better future)

Question 24

Advantages for a losing country (3)

Answer 24

Reduces pressure on resources
Migrants may bring back better skills
Decline in birth rate

Question 25

Disadvantages for a loosing country (3)

Answer 25

Loss of active population
Loss of skilled population
Higher dependency ration (only the old are left)

Question 26

Advantages for a gaining country (3)

Answer 26

Unskilled jobs covered
Cheap labour
Cultural links

Question 27

Disadvantages for a gaining country (3)

Answer 27

Pressure on jobs (unemployment)
Overcrowded housing
Racism

Question 28

Advantages for migrants (4)

Answer 28

Jobs
Access to goods
Better education+healthcare
Safer and peaceful environment

Question 29

Disadvantages for migrants (4)

Answer 29

Higher cost of living
Racism
No friends or family
Loose their homeland culture