Lesson 1 Flashcards
What is migration?
The movement of people from one place to another.
What is a migrant?
Someone who moves their ‘permanent’ residence from one country to another for at least a year.
What is globalisation?
The increasing interconnectedness of the world due to political and economic changes.
What is sovereignty?
The right of a government to rule and govern itself
What is nationalism?
The loyalty and devotion that people have for a nation
Rural to Urban Migration in China, pull factors? (6)
Worlds largest economy (China) and growing
Large work force, low wages
Access to services
1984 no permit needed to leave rural areas
Better infrastructure
Universities - better education.
Rural to Urban Migration in China, push factors? (5)
migrants have no access to services
poor living conditions - little social security
mountains and infertile land
climate factors - drought
Difficulty in getting legal permits for migrating
What is the Hukou System? (3)
Slows down Rural to Urban Migration in China
very few jobs beside farming
Excludes migrant workers from urban jobs, can’t leave
What are the barriers to migration?
Hukou - restrictions on worker mobility
until 1980s mobility of population was controlled
Imposed taxes on immigrant workers abolished in 2001
What is labour?
Work
What is Flow lines?
Flows of migrants between countries
What is the Schengen Agreement?
A treaty which led to the creation of Europe’s Schengen Area, which internal border checks have largely been abolished
What is an economic migrant?
A person who travels from one country or area to another in order to improve their standard of living
What is a refugee?
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war
What is an asylum seeker?
A person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another
