3.5b international migration

Question 1

international migrants

Answer 1

231.6 million international migrants in 2004

Question 2

small populations

Answer 2

Qatar 2 million and UAE 9 million

Question 3

Qatar immigrants

Answer 3

1.4 million immigrants working in Qatar construction in 2014, including 964 workers from Nepal, India and Bangladesh

Question 4

UAE immigrants

Answer 4

international migrant workers make up 90% of UAE’s workforce, often working for US$4 a day

Question 5

remittances

Answer 5

US$65 billion returned to India in remittances in 2017

Question 6

Indian migrants in UAE

Answer 6

over 2 million Indian immigrants in the United Arab Emirates, most migrants work in transport, construction and manufacturing

Question 7

immigrants in Saudi Arabia

Answer 7

Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia work in construction and transport industry

Question 8

types of international migrants

Answer 8

low wage migrants (drawn to global hubs in large numbers in. search of work) and elite migrants (affluence or highly skilled individuals within industries or TNCs face few migration barriers as their immigration is considered to be beneficial to economic growth and competitiveness)

Question 9

London - elite migration

Answer 9

• in 2013, foreign buyers were involved in 82% of property deals in central London
• London’s most expensive apartment in the One Hyde Park development was sold at 136 million to a Ukrainian oligarch
• Qatari Investments have bought into The Shard, Canary Wharf, Harrods and Stratford’s East Village
• from 2002 to 2008, there was a Highly Skilled Migrants Programme in the UK

Question 10

what is a hub

Answer 10

cities that attract flows of internal & international migrants because they are well connected and have lots of opportunities