Geography quick fire Flashcards
What is the definition of international migration?
Where people cross from their host country to a different country
What social reasons do people migrate for?
- Study/better education
- To get a good education
- Family reunions
What economic factors do people migrate for?
- Get a better job/Higher paid
- Migrant remittances
What political factors do people migrate for?
- Corrupt government in country of origin
- EU
- War
- High crime
- political stability
What is meant by the term net migration?
The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants
What is meant by the term intervening obstacles?
‘Intervening obstacles’ is a term used for obstacles that migrants may endure on their way to a different country; such as terrain/sea/migrant offices etc.
What is intra - regional migration
Migrants moving inside the same region
What is inter - regional migration
Where migrants move outside their region
What are the specific reasons for increased intra - regional migration following the expansion of the EU since 2004
- Added 8 countries
- People are moving for employment and remittance
What are migrant remittances?
Where migrants work in a different country and then send some money back to their home country to their families
How can migrant remittances cause growth of a county of origin?
When the money gets sent back home from where the migrant worked/s the people who received it would spend it on creating a business or buying food/water etc. in which then it would cause them to be taxed
How can migrant remittances cause growth in host destinations?
If the families who received migrant remittances start a business the tax they would pay to the government would then help the countries economy in the long term (Pay tax)
How can migrant remittances cause inequalities in the country of origin
Other families may not have the luxury of receiving migrant remittances therefore they may still struggle with buying food/water etc.
Brain drain
Not equal
Have people who are really rich and people who are really poor
How can migrant remittances cause inequalities in host destinations
- Changes the demographic
- Conflict culture
