1a- Patterns Of Global Migration

Question 1

What is immigration

Answer 1

-action of coming into a foreign country to live permanently

Question 2

Emigration

Answer 2

• act of leaving one’s country

Question 3

Net migration rate

Answer 3

• difference between immigration and emigration
• positive value = more people entering than leaving

Question 4

What is migration

Answer 4

• physical move of people from one place to another
• can be internal or international
• can be long or short term

Question 5

What is a refugee

Answer 5

• a person forced to leave their country to escape war , persecution or natural disaster

Question 6

What is lees migration model and what is it based on

Answer 6

• range of push and pull factors will cause people to move
• based on social, economic and political factors
• both origin and destination have positives and negatives that need to be weighed up
• obstacles can include = border control/Visa, language + distance ect

Question 7

What percentage of worlds population are living outside country of origin

Answer 7

3%

Question 8

3 types of migration flows

Answer 8

International= between countries

Intra-regional= within world regions (EU)

Inter-regional= between world regions (Africa to Europe)

Question 9

Name one example of a current international migration flow

Answer 9

Net migration into UK overall increasing rapidly

• 1/8 UK residents born abroad
  Reasons= work related + study

Question 10

Give one example of a current Intra-Regional migration flow

Answer 10

International migration around the EU countries

• in 2012 1.7 million ppl from EU migrated to another EU country
  Reasons= movement from less economically developed east to west

Question 11

Give one example of a current Inter-regional flow

Answer 11

Migration from North Africa to Europe

• estimated 8 million African migrants in Europe
  Reasons = fleeing conflict + instability in Africa = mix of legal + illegal migration
• High death rate from migration in small boats