Migration Flashcards
What is Migration
Migration is the movement of people from one permanent
home to another. This movement changes the population
of a place.
What is emigration
The relocation or process of people leaving one country to reside in another.
What is emigration
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Who is a migrant
A person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living
conditions.
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
International migration is the movement from one country to another.
People who leave their country are said to emigrate. People who move into another country are called immigrants
movement of people into a country is known as immigration.
WHY DO WE MIGRATE?
Sometimes people have a choice about whether they move, but sometimes they are forced to move.
The reasons people leave a place are called the push factors.
The reasons people are attracted to new places to live are called the pull factors.
Push factors
Push factors “push” people away from their home and include things like war.
Pull factors
Pull factors “pull” people to a new home and include things like better opportunities.
Reasons of push factors
- few jobs
- war
- famine
- Natural disasters
Reasons of pull factors
- Better health care
- better job opportunities
- educational opportunities
- safety
COUNTRY LOSING PEOPLE - COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Advantages Disadvantages
Money sent home People of working age
by migrants move out reducing the
size of the country’s
potential workforce
Decreases pressure Gender imbalances are
on jobs and resources caused as it is typically
men who seek to
find employment
elsewhere. Women and
children are left
Migrants may return ‘Brain drain’ if many
with new skills skilled workers leave
HOST COUNTRY - COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
Advantages Disadvantages
A richer and more Increasing cost of
diverse culture services such as
health care and
education
Helps to reduce any Overcrowding
labour shortages
Migrants are more Disagreements between
prepared to take on different religions
low paid, low skilled and cultures
jobs
OTHER CHALLENGES PEOPLE HAVE
Unemployment in new country
Racism and cultural differences
Language barriers
Lack of opportunities
Omari’s answer - Why Jamaican emigrate?
One reason why Jamaicans emigrate to first world countries is to seek better jobs to earn more money.
This is because people form third world countries experience poverty because of low income jobs. This can result in people experiencing hardships so they emigrate to a first world country to seek a better life for themselves and their families.
