Migration Flashcards
1
Q
Why People Migrate
A
PUSH – induces people to move OUT of their current location.
PULL – induces people to move INTO a new location.
2
Q
Kinds of Push-Pull Factors
A
Economic – mainly jobs. Cultural – forced migrations. (refugees) -Slavery, political oppression, etc. Environmental – comfort -mountains, coasts, climate, water
3
Q
Obstacles
A
- CULTURAL
- Immigration policies of host countries
- U.S. quota laws
- Temporary migration for work
- Time-contract workers
- Economic migrants or refugees?
- Cultural problems living in other countries
- U.S. attitudes to immigrants
- Attitudes to guest workers
4
Q
Classification by Distance of Migration categories
A
- Internal(most common)
- most common
- shorter distance
- International
- voluntary or forced
- often long distances
5
Q
Laws of migration:
A
Ernst Ravenstein (studied internal migration 1885 England)
- Net migration is a fraction of gross migration
- Majority migrants move short distance
- Long distance Migrants tend to choose big cities
- Urban residents-less migratory than rural
- Families- less likely to move international than young people.
