Global migration

Question 1

Long-term migrant

Answer 1

Moves for at least one year

Question 2

Short-term migrant

Answer 2

Moves for more than 3 months but less than a year

Question 3

Inter-regional migration

Answer 3

Movement of people from one region to another (continents)

Question 4

Intra-regional migration

Answer 4

Movement of people within a single region/continent

Question 5

Net migration

Answer 5

Difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants throughout the year

Question 6

Economic migrants

Answer 6

People who leave their home country to live in another country with better living or working conditions

Question 7

Imigrants

Answer 7

People who enter a country

Question 8

Emigrants

Answer 8

People who leave a country

Question 9

Refugees

Answer 9

People who have crossed an international border fleeing armed forces or persecution to find safety

Question 10

Asylum seekers

Answer 10

A person who’s claim for asylum has not been processed yet

Question 11

Migrants

Answer 11

People who move to improve their quality of life (Not due to persecution or war)

Question 12

Diaspora

Answer 12

The worldwide spread, scattering or dispersal of a population e.g many Irish in America

Question 13

Examples of inter-regional migration

Answer 13

-Migration to Europe to escape conflict in Africa and the Middle East
-Tunisia and Bangladesh migrate to Italy

Question 14

Examples of Intra-regional migration

Answer 14

-The UK has the highest number of immigrants from other EU states
-Polish migrants are attracted to the UK by better employment opportunities , higher wages and better standards of living.

Question 15

Examples of international migration

Answer 15

The main countries of UK immigrants are India, Poland and Pakistan.

The main countries of destination of UK emigrants are Australia, USA and Canada

Question 16

International migration

Answer 16

Movement of people from one nation to another.

Question 17

Remittances

Answer 17

Money sent back from migrants in host countries to people in source countries

Question 18

Human development index

Answer 18

A statistic used to measure the human development of a country, combining several indicators of health, education, and wealth.

Question 19

Global migration can promote within and between countries:
(Relationship between global migration and socioeconomic development)

Answer 19

Stability
-Remittances contribute to economic stability
-Returning migrants bring new skills and ideas e.g peacebuilding and democracy
-Youthful migrants can help balance aging population in host countries

Growth
-Host nation GDP boosted by working migrants
-Migrants open new markets for products
-Migrants fill labour gaps
-Remittances can stimulate multiplier effect in source countries

Development
-Skills and knowledge from returning migrants can benefit source countries
-Remittances can be spend on developing country and economy
-Migrants create networks through links to diaspora associations
-UN migration and development projects use effective ‘bottom-up’ approaches to development

Question 20

What do national indicies show about the relationship between patterns of international migration and socioeconomic development

Answer 20

The more developed countries (with higher HDIs ) recieve fewer remittances proportional to their economy.

Question 21

Global migration can cause:
(Relationship between global migration and socioeconomic development)

Question 21

Internal migration

Answer 21

Movement within a country