//Migration Flashcards

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What are push and pull factors?

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Push: Unattractive things or repellant reasons
Pull: Attractive

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What’s a migrant and an internal migrant?

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Migrant: A person who moves from one place to another

Internal migrant: person moves within their own country

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Immigrant and Emmigrant

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Immigrant: A person who moves into a county
Emmigrant: A person who moves out of a country

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Refugee

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A person who gets special permission to live in a country because of persecution

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Asylum seeker

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An immigrant who apples for permission to be accepted as a refugee

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Individual migration: from the west of ireland

And Push, pull, barrier factors

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Individual migration- movement of people by themselves
-Mr.Harrington moved from the west of Ireland to Dublin for work
-His sisters moved to Boston for jobs and opportunities
-One brother stayed and minded the farm
Push: bad social life, no work
Pull: jobs and opportunities, social life
Barrier: money, getting a visa

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Organized migrations- Ulster Plantations

And Push, pull, barrier factors

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Organised migration: group moves bc of planning and organisation of government
The king of England too ulster away from Ireland to plant people and spread culture, religion, way of life etc
Push: Irish could attack
Pull: power, rich land, money
Barrier: hard to get to
Results: loss of Irish culture and language, religious divisions

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High population density- Hong Kong

And push and pull factors

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  • 7 million in 100km, x100 more dense than Ireland
    -Overcrowding: small homes, high rise apartments
    -pollution: visual, air, noise pollution
    -lack of clean water: toilet waste in water and sea
    -lack of open space: stacked graves, industries on polders
    Push: too busy, lack of open space
    Pull: job opportunities, good services
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Low population density- Mali

and Push and pull factors

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-x17 bigger than Ireland but only 12 million people
-low marriage rates: young people migrate
abandonment of agricultural land: young people migrate for social live, better services
Push: no social life or good services
Pull: lots of open space

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