International Migration

Question 1

Definition of migration

Answer 1

Movement of people across a specified boundary in order to establish new permanent or semi permanently residence

Various scales
Though different factors

Impacts pop of source and origin

Question 2

Define asylum seeker

Answer 2

Fled their country of origin and applies for asylum under the 1951 convention on the grounds that they cannot return to their country of origin due to fear of death

Question 3

Refugee

Answer 3

Person fleeing due to civil war or natural disaster

Application for asylum has been successful

Question 4

Where does migration tend to occur ?

Answer 4

From LICs to HICs

For better opportunities
Work
Living conditions
Pay

Question 5

Define economic migrants

Answer 5

Person who has voluntarily left country or origin to seek by law or unlawful means / employment

A lot claim they’re asylum seekers tonhope to secure entry into a country

Question 6

How widespread is migration ?

Answer 6

2015

244 million people

3.3 of the population lived outside of their country of origin.

Question 7

Push factors definition

Answer 7

Reasons which are based at origin of migration and which initiate the migrants desire to move

Question 8

Pull factors definition

Answer 8

Based at intended destination of migrant

Attract people

Question 9

Forced migration

Answer 9

Little or no choice about moving

Question 10

Push factors

Answer 10

War/ conflict / political instability

Religious persecution

Natural disasters

Low unemployment / working conditions / food

Question 11

Pull factors

Answer 11

Better quality of life

Higher employment

Better health

More freedom

More services Ei education

Question 12

How many refugees / asylum seekers are there ?

Answer 12

UN figure claimed that 1 in every 122 people globally is either refugee / asylum seeker/ displaced person

Question 13

How many people do war / conflict cause to move ?

Answer 13

2015

19.5 million

Question 14

Lees push pull model of migration

Answer 14

Need to be pushed from country and pulled to another.

Most are economic for work

Negatives are push factors
Positives are pull

Migrate evalute these ^^ factors before moving

Travel costs / language barriers / border controls

Question 15

Why is the journey bad for migrants V

Answer 15

Over sea on unstable craft

Walks through unsafe hot countries

Border controls

Question 16

Positives of international migration

Answer 16

New opportunities

Additional skills added to destination country

Origin receives remittances

Question 17

Negatives of international migration

Answer 17

Original country lose skilled working people

Pressure on global resources

Employment loss / service loss in origin

Question 18

In the past where was movement occurring the most ?

Answer 18

Rural to urban migration in developing countries

Question 19

What happens to population through migration ?

Answer 19

Population size will change.

As well as age / gender will impact structure

Question 20

Demographuc implications for home and host country

Answer 20

Home;
Lower birth rates / ageing pop/ loss of male

Host;
Balances pop/ increase BR/ more males

Question 21

How is migration different to natural change ?

Answer 21

Migration has an immediate impact and it’s usually not as large

Question 22

Impacts of migration on pop structure?

Answer 22

Host;
Reproductive age - higher BR - Uk.
More boys - UAE.
Bigger economically active proportion of population so a reduction in dependency

Question 23

Name a big negative of international diseases ?

Answer 23

Disease transmission.

Although with improved healthcare / antibiotics it has improved there is still diseases prevalent in lic countries - Communicable.

Question 24

TB

Answer 24

1980s TB was thought to be eradicated in uk

However increase in TB in the gradually increased over 2 decades especially in London where number of cases rose by 50% between 1999-2000

Question 25

Economic migrants and health services

Answer 25

Light to moderate users - young healthy employed
But
Some do due to social deprivation / poor English / lack of education on health

Question 26

Health impacts during migration.

Answer 26

Greater journey = trauma / abuse / deprivation especially if trafficking