Examples of Migration

Question 1

What is an example of a migration stream?

Answer 1

• 1950 + 60s: West Indies - UK
  
  • to seek better opportunities for them + children
  • came to work, save money + return home (counter stream)
  • recruited bc Britain was short of workers to run transport system, postal service + hospitals
  • returning soldiers who fought for Britain during WW2

Question 2

What is an example of chain migration?

Answer 2

• West Indies - UK
  
  • migrants from specific islands migrated to specific area of London

Question 3

What is an example of voluntary migration?

Answer 3

• 1960-80’s: Botswana - SA
  
  • 1966: 1 of poorest countries so many men migrated to neighbouring SA
  • 1970-80: 40,000 Botswanan men worked in SA gold mines

Question 4

What is an example of forced migration?

Answer 4

• 2011: Libya
  
  • many tried to overthrow the leader Colonel Gaddafi after 41 yrs in power
  • civil war erupted
  • many forced to leave to escape war

Question 5

What are some examples of seasonal migration?

Answer 5

• ski szn: Brits work in European ski resorts in winter
• farm workers: veg/strawberry pickers in UK from Eastern Europe

Question 6

1930-1940: Russia - Siberia

Answer 6

• due to communism, better standards of living, lower crime rates + to escape soviet famine

Question 7

1940-present: European Jews - USA

Answer 7

• 1933-1945: 125,000 German Jewish immigrants moved
• to escape persecution under Hitlers control

Question 8

1945-present: Turkey - Germany

Answer 8

• 1963: Guest Worker Programme
  
  • needed labour to support reconstruction after WW2
• 1963-2010: 40,000 Turks settles in West Germany

Question 9

1947-present: India, Pakistan + Sri Lanka - UK

Answer 9

• due to education + job opps

Question 10

1950-present: Mexico + Central America - USA

Answer 10

• for job opps, to escape crime, better quality of life
• large scale

Question 11

1973-present: Ugandan Asians - UK

Answer 11

• to fill in labour shortages in mills