Demography- Migration and globalisation Flashcards
What is an asylum seeker?
Someone who says they are a refugee, but whose claim has not yet been definitively evaluated
What is common wealth?
A voluntary group of independent countries, some of which were former British colonies
What is an economic migrant?
A person who travels from one country or area to another in order to improve their standard of living
What is the European union?
A group of countries which work together in fields such as the environment, social issues, the economy and trade
What is a refugee?
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster
What is emigration?
Leaving your homeland to live in another country
What is immigration?
Coming to another country to live there
What is migration?
The movement of one place to another
What is the percentage of white ethnicities in the population?
81%
What is the percentage of ethnic minority groups in the UK
19%
What does Vertovec believe?
Because of globalisation we now have a ‘super diversity’ as migrants come from a much wider range of countries rather than just a narrow range of former British colonies
Migration
Many factors contribute to the changing ethnic composition
-ageing, fertility, mortality, migration
- changes in the way people self-identify between censuses
What has the population been projected to grow by?
3.9 million
- negative natural change
(more deaths than births)
- more people entering the country (migration) than leaving (emigrating)
What are some migration push factors?
X war
X corruption
X high crime
X poverty
X family conflict
X discrimination
X lack of services/safety
X low employment/financial
X natural disaster
X poor healthcare
What are some migration pull factors?
- job opportunities (high employment)
- better education/healthcare
- higher living standards
- NHS
- fertile land
- safety/values/culture
- politics/democracy
- cheaper/economically stable
- family
What is happening to NET migration?
It is increasing as
positive- more people coming in
negative- more people leaving
How do you calculate NET migration?
total immigration - total emigration
Patterns in migration
1950s- South Asian and Caribbean encouraged to come to help rebuild the country after the war
2002 & 2007- NET reached its peak from countries that joined the EU
(Hungary, Poland)
What has the impact of legislation had on immigration/emigration?
1960- restricted immigration from SA and the Carib
1999- Immigration and Asylum act, tougher for asylum seekers to settle in the UK
2008- Polish workers originally came to the UK because of the booming economy, returned once theirs started to recover
What is Brexit?
Leaving the EU
What is the immigration points system?
Makes it harder for people to migrate as they require specific skills and circumstances in order for them to migrate into the country legally
- job offer from approved employer
- able to speak English
- better qualifications
What is globalisation?
The creation of one world culture
- happening due to the developments in technology and world travel
‘one world society’
What is one negative consequence of globalisation?
Human trafficking
500,000-800,000 undocumented workers (illegal immigrants)
illegal transportation
What is human trafficking?
The movement of a person from one place to another int0 conditions of exploitation using the advantage of power, deception or vulnerability