1a - Global migration involves dynamic flows of people between countries, regions and continents Flashcards
Population change?
the balance of The birth rate and the death rate; immigration and emigration
Refugees
a person who has moved outside the country of their nationality or an usual domicile cause of fear or prosecution of death
Asylum seeker
a person who seeks entry to another country by claiming to be a refugee
Push factor
negative attributes of migrants origin country encouraging them to leave
Pull factor
positive attributes of a host country which attracts migrants
Migrant remittances
money transferred from one country to another sent home by migrants to their families/friends/communities
Diasporas
The spread of an ethnic or national group from their homeland E.g. Jews from Israel
The UN defines migration as
the movement of people across a specified boundary, national or international, to establish a new place of residence
population change is a balance of four processes?
- birth vs death lead to natural change = natural increase or natural decrease
- Immigration vs immigration =migrational change (net gain vs net loss)
Net migration?
Number of immigrants – number of emigrants
The migration system?
- 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
Reasons for/causes of migration? (are diverse):
- Voluntary – make a choice usually for economic or family based reasons
- Forced – migration for political or cultural reasons which are refugees and asylum seekers
Intra regional migrant flows?
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
Inter regional migrant flows?
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
International migration
- The most significant destination for international migration is Europe
- Better opportunities, remittance payments, safer locations, strong economy, open to migrants