Key words Flashcards
Asylum seeker
left country of origin as refugee and is seeking asylum (protection) in another
Economic migrant
moves from one country to another to improve standard of living (earn more money)
Emigrant
person leaving a country
Immigrant
person who comes to live in a foreign country permanently
Inequalities
migrants experience different treatment/standards of living
Injustices
lack of fairness
Interdependence
interrelationships between AC’s, EDC’s and LIDC’s (through trade, FDI, aid, migration)
Globalisation
the growing interdependence between peoples lives (economically, culturally, politically etc)
Migrant
a person who moves to another country for at least a year
Inter-regional migration
migration BETWEEN major world regions (eg. EU to America)
Intra-regional migration
migration WITHIN major world regions (eg. within EU)
Migrant remittances
Money (or ideas) earn in the host country, sent back to country of origin to family/friends
Net migration
difference between number of immigrants and emigrants
Refugee
has been forced to leave their country of origin in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster
Policy
a government statement of what it intends to or not to do in regards to migration
Neoclassic Economic Theory
suggests most important push factor/pull factor is wages
AC’s
Advanced Countries
EDC’s
Emerging Developing Countries
LIDC’s
Low Income Developing Countries
GDP per capita
Average income per person in a country (economic measure of development)
HDI
Human Development Index (socio-economic)
Score from 0-1 combining:
- Income (GDP per capita)
- Knowledge (literacy rate & no. children in school)
- longevity (life expectancy)
Internally displaced person
someone forced to leave their home but not crossed a border
Economic growth (large/fast growing economy)
people’s income ‘increases’ in a way that allows people to be able to afford goods/services (people are becoming less poor)
Bilateral corridor
The migration between two countries
