lecture 6- migration

Question 1

What is migration?

Answer 1

• form of mobility

Question 2

short term, medium/seasonal, long term migration

Answer 2

Short term= to work, for school, recreation, work trip

Medium/seasonal= seasonal workers, college students living on campus

Long term= more permanent

Question 3

2 types of internal migration

Answer 3

Interregional
Intraregional

Question 4

Interregional migration

Answer 4

Permanent move within the same country
Historically rural countryside to urban city areas

Question 5

Intraregional migration

Answer 5

Movement within one region of the same country
Historically from inner cities to suburbs
–> suburbs/neighbourhoods were more segregated, classist or racist

Question 6

International migration

Answer 6

=Permanent move from one country to another, usually from developing to developed nations

Question 7

2 types of international migration

Answer 7

Voluntary
Forced

Question 8

Zelinsky’s migration transition
– which stages do international and internal migration occur in?

Answer 8

International migration usually occurs in countries in stage 2

Internal migration is more likely in stages 3 and 4

Question 9

Net migration

Answer 9

Net migration= Immigration – Emigration
–> can be a negative number

Question 10

Emigration

Answer 10

migration away from a location

Question 11

Immigration

Answer 11

migration TO a location

Question 12

Migration in Canada past 150 years:

Answer 12

• huge decline in immigrants during WW1 and WW2
  -relatively stable growth over the past 150 yrs
  -there is a change in the ethnicities of migrants, more diverse

Question 13

Inter-Canadian migration:

Answer 13

-Alberta and BC are the only two main growth areas
-linked w economic prosperity and opportunity

Question 14

Reasons for migrating: Push and pull factors

Answer 14

Push (forced out of location, decline in economic, political, environmental stability)

Pull (desire to live in a certain are) factors

1. Economic
2. Political
3. environmental

Question 15

Economic reasons for migration

Answer 15

searching for better working conditions, pay, workers’ rights, unstable currency, or more stable employment
- many of these migrants do this to send money back home

Question 16

Remittance

Answer 16

= the transfer of money to people in the country from which they migrated from
- can be a big part of the countries internal GDP
- the money isn’t being taxed in the country they are sent to
-“Band-Aid approach” because the counties are not building up their own industries and economy

Question 17

Education reasons for migration

Answer 17

• international students pay 5 times the tuition fees that Canadians pay
  -international students are more likely to leave when their education is complete

Question 18

brain-drain and human capital flight=

Answer 18

highly skilled professionals leave to go back to their home country

result of migration for education

Question 19

Political reasons for migration

Answer 19

Forced political migration
- refugee
- internally displaced person (IDP)
- asylum seeker= has moved somewhere else in the hopes of becoming a refugee
- diaspora= person dispersed from their original homeland

Question 20

Environmental migration: pull factors

Answer 20

• attractive environments
  -health reasons
  -leisure activities

Question 21

Environmental migration: push factors

Answer 21

Environmental changes (drought, flooding, rising sea levels)
–> island nations will be under water soon due to rising sea levels (ex. Tuvalu)