Migration EQ1

Question 1

Define sovereignty

Answer 1

The supreme power or authority - the authority of a state to govern itself or another state

Question 2

example of international migration

Answer 2

English football

Question 3

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the international migration of English football?

Answer 3

+ salary inflation
+ more skill talent and flair added to the English game
+enhancing the lives of those who move
+ overseas players sending a proportion of their income home as remittance payments

• domestic players are often squeezed out and end up playing for lower wages in the lower English leagues
• muscle drain is deskilling African clubs

Question 4

Example of rural to urban migration?

Answer 4

China

Question 5

What is the global issue of living outside your country of birth?

Answer 5

280 million of global population live outside their country of birth

Question 6

Case studies of countries with different policies relating to international migration?

Answer 6

Japan and Australia

Question 7

What policies to Australia have on international migration?

Answer 7

• policy is skills based
• Almost all immigrants live in big cities
• ageing population but migrants offset numbers due to retire

Question 8

What policies to Japan have on international migration?

Answer 8

• population is declining
• only 1.7% of Japanese population is immigrants
• UN suggests Japan needs 17m migrants by 2050 to maintain population levels
• Japanese isn’t a global business language