Migration

Question 1

What is migration?

Answer 1

Migration is when someone moves to a another location or country for more than 2 weeks

Question 2

What are push factors of migration?

Answer 2

Unemployment, lack of food, expensive, poor education, war, low wages and farm is too small to make money

Question 3

What is a push factor?

Answer 3

A reason for migration that makes a person leave a place

Question 4

What is a pull factor?

Answer 4

A reason for migration that makes a person want to move to a place

Question 5

what are the barriers of migration?

Answer 5

expensive housing, war, leaving behind family, cost of moving, dangers of travel, ing distances and expensive transport

Question 6

what is a barrier or intervening opportunities of migration?

Answer 6

a reasons why moving may be difficult

Question 7

what are pull factors of migration?

Answer 7

to join family and friends, high wages, better schools, jobs available, better hospitals, good food supply, cheap housing and improved standard of living

Question 8

what are the different types of migration?

Answer 8

internal, rural to urban, urban to rural, regional, international, short term, long term, voluntary and forced

Question 9

what is internal migration?

Answer 9

migration within a small area

Question 10

what is regional migration?

Answer 10

from one part of a country to another part

Question 11

what is international migration?

Answer 11

from one country to another

Question 12

what is short term migration?

Answer 12

one day to a few months

Question 13

what is long term migration?

Answer 13

for several years

Question 14

what is voluntary and forced migration?

Answer 14

through choice and having to leave

Question 15

what countries have Syrian refugees fled to ?

Answer 15

turkey, jordan, Lebanon, iraq, Egypt , Germany, Sweden, serbia, hungry, austria. bulgaria, netherlands, Denmark, Libya, Belgium, spain, france, UK

Question 16

why have Syrians fled to certain countries ?

Answer 16

a majority of Syrians have fled to countries such Lebanon, turkey, Jordan and Iraq is because they are close to and boarder Syria and you can walk to them so you don’t need a passport, visa or money although it is a very hard and tiring journey. many countries such as Germany, France, Belgium and Spain are examples of Schengen areas which are countries which don’t need a passport or visa and many Syrians don’t have a visa or passport so they can travel there

Question 17

how do Syrians travel to european countries?

Answer 17

they travel by boat as many of them don’t have a passport or visa so they can’t travel by plane even though a plane is $350 and a boat is $1000 and much more dangerous

Question 18

why have the Syrians left Syria?

Answer 18

a form of forced migration as of the civil war going on in Syria has caused many deaths (100,000)and violence is everywhere with the rebels, ISIS and Assad fighting. 3 million children are at high risk and 6.8 million need humanitarian aid, resources such as clean water or food are low, many houses, buildings have been destroyed from bombs and people are at risk from being taken hostage by ISIS

Question 19

what are the causes of the Syrian crisis ?

Answer 19

• assad family not allowing any political freedom, one party system and one religion allowed, free speech and freedom not tolerated
• draught in syria caused by global warming causes rural to urban migration (as crops die)
• overpopulated city means jobs and resources are scarce and human rights abuses and Assad isn’t doing anything
• teenage boys grafted against ba’ath party and assad and were arrested and tortured
• protests of civilians against torture of teenagers lasts for months and delete with force by Assads army
• protesters formed rebel army against assad and his army

Question 20

when was the civil war announced ?

Answer 20

in july 2012

Question 21

what is ISIS?

Answer 21

(islamic state of iraq and syria) an extremist group fighting in syria against assad’s military declaring land across northern syria and iraq starting in july 2014 capturing land in raqqa and mosul and government are fighting them off to regain land. UK and US have tried to bomb ISIS. as it recaptures more territory it increases syrian refugees and also blindfolding hostages and executing them increases refugees

Question 22

how could syrian refugees be helped ?

Answer 22

by Britain allowing more refugees into the countries as it has many opportunities such as education, jobs and housing. also jobs in decline that no one wants such as a bus driver syrians could take. also there is lots of space in wales and scotland which syrian could take up and we could adopt syrian children . we could send boats out to retrieve syrians or put them on a plane to london . we could donate to charities, send them essentials or help in camps