migration Flashcards
what is the definition of an international migrant?
a migrant who moves to a different country around the world.
what social reasons do people migrate for?
to work or to study, to live with family in another country.
what economic factors do people migrate for?
to send money home to families, to get better paid jobs for their trades than what they would get in their home country.
what political factors do people migrate for?
war, EU - just because they can and can get visas.
what is meant by the term net migration?
the difference between immigration and emigration.
what is meant by the term ‘intervening obstacle’ referred to in the lee model of migration?
things which can prevent you moving from your country of origin to the country you want to be including literacy levels, terrain, transport routes, job opportunities, cultural factors and national policies.
what is intra-regional migrant flows?
migrants moving to an area which is still in the same region a what they were already in, e.g. staying within Europe
what are inter-regional migrant flows?
when migrants move from one place to another which is in a different region e.g. around the world
what are the specific reasons for increased intra-regional migration following the expansion of the EU since 2004.
8 countries added and people move for employment and to get remittance, this is as its easy and its easy to get a visa and to actually get into the country
what are migrant remittances?
when migrants send money they’ve earned back to their families in their country of origin
how can migrant remittances cause growth in a country of origin?
multiplier effect, families could start own businesses and pay taxes, so on so forth
how can migrant remittance cause growth in a host destination?
filling up jobs and needing to pay tax
how can migrant remittances cause inequalities in country of origin?
brain drain, not equal, you’ll have people who are really poor who don’t get remittance and some people may be really rich if they get migrant remittance.
how can migrant remittances cause inequalities in host destination?
changes the demographic and can causes conflict culture.
how does global migration promote stability, growth and development in the host destination.
it allows for skilled workers to work and be paid to live a healthy life, paying into the tax system which then works with the multiplier effect
how does global migration promote stability, growth and development in the country of origin
migrant remittance multiplier effect.
how does migration cause inequalities conflicts and injustices for people and place in the host destination
racism language barriers, detention centers on arrival border requirements
how does global migration cause inequalities conflicts and injustices for people and place in the country of origin
migrant remittances cause for some families to be better off and have more money than other in the areas allowing for better houses, healthcare and education than others
what is economic globalization
how the world is more connected through money, investments, trade, asean.
how has economic globalization led to the emergence of new source areas and host destinations
Dubai, invested in oil companies, India, Coca-Cola invested in the area, rural migration
why is there a high concentration of young workers
they are better workers, fitter and can gain more skills
why is there a high concentration of female workers
moved for education, better women’s rights.
why are south to south flows now equal to those in south to north corridors
south to south as there are better jobs in sectors including oil, e.g. India to Dubai or within Africa
what are the difference between an asylum’s seeker and a refugee
asylum’s seeker: left their home country and enter another country as they want to live there
refugee: someone who moves out of fear of death or persecutions.
how is conflict and persecution impacting the numbers of refugees
there’s more refugees a lot of conflict in Syria Afghanistan, Ukraine, increasing the numbers of people moving
what are the challenges and opportunities facing countries accepting refugees
overpopulation, Lebanon struggles with resources for their own country’s before refugees
which countries have straight immigration polices. which country’s is pro emigration
Germany is pro emigration, Australia and America have strict immigration rules.
what is bilateral flow
the biggest route has always been Mexico to USA but newer routs are like Cambodia to Thailand
CS: what is interdependence
when 2 countries rely on eachother
CS: what are the current patterns of immigration
increased migration between brazil, Mercosur and Chile. net migration loss of half a million in each 4 year periods
CS: what are the current patterns of emigration
slowing down of emigration of lower skilled economic migrants to the USA, increased emigration of highly skilled workers.
how have immigration and emmigration changed over time
between 19th&20th century brazil didnt reciecve migrants but has sped up with skilled workers
Economic, political, social and environmental interdependence
between Brazil and Portugal.
former colonys similar language
