international economic migration

Question 1

international economic migration

Answer 1

movement of people in and out of countries due to the economic status and therefore opportunity a country provides
eg pull factors; higher income/higher skilled jobs
push factor: economic crisis
most likely to migrate to superpower countries

Question 2

london disproportionately attracts migrants

Answer 2

media, british values, previous diaspora, NHS, education, higher payed jobs, higher skilled jobs, facilitating jobs that pay more

Question 3

impacts on the source country

Answer 3

+intermittence (family sending money back to family)

• skills gap
• aging population
• brain drain
• economic strain

Question 4

impacts on the host country

Answer 4

-social tension
-strain on services
+brain gain
+fills facilitating jobs
+gain professionals
-discrimination
+diversity in culture and jobs