Migration into the EU - Senegal to Italy Flashcards
What does migrant mean?
The movement of people from one place to another.
What are some push factors of moving away from Senegal?
Poor quality education, unemployment, poor living conditions, bad healthcare.
What are some pull factors of moving into the EU in Italy?
Better living conditions, less overcrowding, better education, better government.
What are some negative impacts on the destination country of the migrant?
Migrant workers often send money back to their families in their country of origin, where they came from. This results in less money going to the host country.
Because more people are in the country the demand for housing is greater than the amount of houses to supply. This has resulted in house prices rising very quickly since the early 2000s. Immigration has contributed to this.
What are some positive impacts on the destination country of the migrants?
Migration brings more skills, this has resulted in a growing economy.
Although having children in school that English isn’t the first language can be very hard, many people believe that cultural mixing is a positive thing and reduces racial discrimination.
What are some negative impacts on the country of origin of the migrant?
The brain-drain effect is when lots of people from one country, in this example Senegal, with degrees move away to another country to get a better job with better pay. The results in less people in the country of origin with useful degrees and qualifications
What are some positive impacts on the country of origin of the migrants?
Migrants sometimes send money back to their country of origin to their family, this can benefit the economy a lot.
