Impcats of Migration Flashcards
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Positive Social (Africa)
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- Population density is reduced and BR falls which eases overpopulation
- Remittances sent home by economic migrants
- Return migrants increase social expectations
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Negative Social (Africa)
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- Marriage rates fall
- Family structures break down
- increased dependency ratio
- Returning retired migrants increase social costs
- Migration causes a loss of cultural leadership
3
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Positive Social (Europe)
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- Multi-ethnic society increases understanding of other cultures
- Influx of services eg Kebab shops
- People from other countries can learning new languages
- Increased birth/fertility rate
4
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Negative Social (Europe)
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- Social Tension
- Dominance of males is reinforces
- 1/3 of migrants are said to have hepatitis C
- Cultural identity lost
- Segregated ethnic areas eg China town
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Positive economic (Africa)
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- Remittances sent home
- Upon return migrants bring new skills eg languages
- Less pressure on resources eg health care
- Reduced unemployment
6
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Negative Economic (Africa)
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- less workers
- Brain drain (young workforce)
- Loss of labour reduce inward investment
- Less FDI
- Informal economy pays no taxes
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Positive Economic (Europe)
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- Migrants work in less desirable menial jobs, which native don’t take up
- Migrants who pay taxes fund 600000 pensions
- Host country gains skilled labour for cheap
- There is a labour surplus, these with skills and education fuel the economy
- Cost of retirement transferred to other countries
- 18.1% of new companies registered in 2014 were migrants owned
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Negative Economic (Europe)`
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- Migrant kids need an education (native speaking)
- Over dependency on migrant workers in some industries
- Money earn isn’t spent in the country
- Pressure on services
- Cost of houses, healthcare, benefits and social place
- 2014-15 320000 asylum seekers and other migrants arrive in Italy costing the gov 3.3 million euros
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Positive enviro (Africa)
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- Less pressure on water
- Less overgrazing and over cultivation
- Less deforistation
10
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Negative enviro (Africa)
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-Pollution to Sahara as migrants pass through
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Positive Enviro (Europe)
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-More workers for agricultural industry
12
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Negative Enviro (Europe)
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- More people leads to more pollution and congestion
- Loss of greenfield sites as more land is needed tp build houses
- rubbish left on beaches
13
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Positive political (Africa)
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- Requests for international aid
- increased aid to reduce problem
14
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Negative political (Africa)
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- Negative impacts on country
- less tax payers
- porous borders
- Vulnerable to terrorism
15
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Positive political (Europe)
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- Entrenchment of attitudes encourages fundamentalism
- Positive image of helping migrants
