migration

Question 1

define migration

Answer 1

the movement of people from one place to another

usually push and pull factors involved

Question 2

define immigration

Answer 2

the act of permanently in a foreign international country

Question 3

define rural to urban migration

Answer 3

the movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities
causes urban growth and rural depopulation

Question 4

define refugee

Answer 4

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster

Question 5

how much of the worlds migrants do developed countries take?

Answer 5

14%

Question 6

what are example push factors?

Answer 6

lack of services
lack of safety
high crime
crop failure
drought
flooding
poverty
war
lack of employment opportunities

Question 7

what are example pull factors?

Answer 7

higher employment
more wealth
better services
good climate
safer
political stability
lower risk of natural disaster

Question 8

describe Ravenstein’s laws of migrations

Answer 8

most migrants only travel a short distance
process of absorptions. where people fill the gaps of those who migrate
for every migratory flow there is a counterflow
if migrants move a long way it to centres of commerce
females are more likely to migrate than migrants