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Demography - Migration Flashcards

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Immigration

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Movement into an area or society

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Emigration

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Movement out of an area or country

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Net migration

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Difference between number immigrating and number emigrating

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Immigrant

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A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another

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Refugee

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A person who has been forced to flee their country because of persecution, war or violence

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Asylum seeker

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A person who says they are a refugee, but whose claim has not yet been evaluated fully

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What has net migration to the UK been at since 2015?

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It has been stable at around 200,000 - 300,000 per year

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What countries are the biggest source of immigration?

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Eastern European countries

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What percentage of population growth is due to net migration?

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75%

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Push factors definition

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Factors pushing people away from their country

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Pull factors definition

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Factors pulling people into a particular country

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Examples of push factors

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Unemployment / low wages
War and conflict
Political and religious persecution

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Examples of pull factors

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High wages / better job prospects
Good social welfare system
Tolerance of diversity
Less risk of natural hazards
Low crime rates

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Why are population sizes in the UK increasing?

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Because net migration is increasing

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What does immigration lower?

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The average age of the population

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What percentage of the population did ethnic minorities make up by 2011?

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12%

17
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What areas do immigrants tend to settle in?

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Poorer areas

18
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What percentage of white w/c individuals think that immigration is a bad thing?

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52%

19
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What percentage of white m/c individuals think that immigration is a bad thing?

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33%

20
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What communities make up the majority of UKIP supporters?

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Poorer communities

21
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How do migrants impact public services?

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Contribute to demand for public services
Contribute to financing and providing public services

22
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In what workforces are migrants overrepresented?

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Health care and social care

23
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What was the largest immigrant group from 1900-WW2? Why?

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The Irish mainly for economic reasons

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What was the second largest immigrant group from 1900-WW2? Why?

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Eastern and Central European Jews to escape prosecution

25
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What immigrants began to arrive in the UK in 1950s?

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Afro-Caribbean immigrants

26
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What immigrants began to arrive in the UK in 1960s and 70s?

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South Asians and East Africa Asians

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Impact of immigration and nationality acts on immigrants from 1962 to 1990

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Placed restrictions on non-white immigration

28
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What group accounted for 25% of immigrants by 1980s?

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Non-whites

29
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Emigration and immigration pattern from 16th century to 1980s

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More people emigrated to live elsewhere than came to settle in the UK

30
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What is the main reason for emigration?

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Economic

31
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How do immigrants help lower the dependency ratio?

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More likely to be of working age
Migrant children join workforce when of age

32
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How do immigrants help increase the dependency ratio?

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They are younger so they have more children

33
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When did the Empire Windrush dock at Tilbury in London?

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22nd June 1948

34
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What did the Empire Windrush deliver?

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Hundreds of men from the West Indies

35
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Impact of the 22nd June 1948 on British society?

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Made a massive change to British society as it marked the start of mass immigration to the UK and the arrival of different cultures

36
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Number of Britain’s non-white residents on 1945

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In the low thousands

37
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Number of Britain’s non-white residents by 1970

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Approx 1.4 million

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