Migration (Population Sub-Topic)

Question 1

What is a push factor?

Answer 1

• dislikes about their home area

Question 2

What is a pull factor?

Answer 2

• attractions to a different place

Question 3

What is migration?

Answer 3

• movement of people to live in a different place. It can be internal or international

Question 4

What is an immigrant?

Answer 4

• people who have moved to a host country

Question 5

What is an emigrant?

Answer 5

• people who have left their home country

Question 6

What is an asylum seeker?

Answer 6

• people moving as they fear life in their home country

Question 7

What is voluntary migration?

Answer 7

• a choice, often economic, or social

Question 8

What is forced migration?

Answer 8

• no choice

- e.g. war or natural disaster

Question 9

What are the positive impacts for the host country (poland to uk)?

Answer 9

• immigrants fill skill shortages. 90% Police emigrants have found work in their adoptive countries
• the Poles are very willing to immigrate for better pay. This could help the European labour market. Therefore, they provide a hard-working, motivated workforce. The mobility and attendant language skills are valued
• contributes to local and national economy. their taxes help to support the UK’s ageing population
• as immigrants tend to be young, they help to balance out the ageing population
• population is expected to rise from 61 to 71.6 million by 2033. over two-thirds will be due to migration. Migrants future children born in the UK could contribute to the economy and balance ageing population

Question 10

What are the negative impacts for the host country?

Answer 10

• local services, such as school and housing can be strained
• increased population in the future could also out strain on employment
• racial tension
• cultural differences

Question 11

What are the positive impacts for the source country?

Answer 11

• remittances have benefited the Polish economy. In 2005/6 almost £4 billion was sent back to Poland from abroad.This accountated for around a third of Poland’s economic growth.
• new houses were built and Polish who can back spent more money
• unemployment figures have been brought down. But it is because people have been moving out

Question 12

What are the negative impacts for the source country?

Answer 12

• no economically or socially healthy
• teenagers may be left behind and turn to alcohol or drugs; older people are distressed to see their grandchildren are born abroad
• towns such as Siemiatycze are slowly emptying out. this has led to hundreds of school in Poland closing every year
• Poles are more likely to view the government negatively. e.g. they think job market and pay is bad in Poland
• there have been labour shortages in the services, building and science industries. so slower development and economic development
• people from countries such as the Ukraine and Belarus have been encourages to work in Poland to help fill shortages

Question 13

Push Factors of Migration

Answer 13

Economic:

• population pressure
• inadequate job offer

Social:

• poor healthcare
• poor infrastructure
• bad educational chances
• population pressure

Environmental:

• ecological problems
• natural disasters

Question 14

Pull Factors of Migration

Answer 14

Economic:

• varied employment opportunities
• higher wages
• future prospects

Social:

• better healthcare and availability of services
• quality of education
• future prospects

Question 15

How many recognised refugees are there living in the EU + Norway and Switzerland?

Answer 15

• 1.5 million

- globally 16 million

Question 16

How many refugees came between January-October 2015?

Answer 16

• most come from Syria : 175,000 people

- Afghanistan: 85,000

Question 17

Why do refugees come to the EU?

Answer 17

Push factors:

• not enough basic services like food, sanitation
• government unable to provide electric and trash collection
• low GDP
• violence and despair
• divider country
• human rights violations

Pull factors:

• preferably in a rich country in Europe
• a place of peace and wealth
• 8 time higher GDP
• Safety

Question 18

Impacts of Refugee Movements?

Answer 18

• death for migrants
• pressure from migrants mean that lorry drives have been forced to strike as it is unsafe
• chaotic scenes as they clamber vehicles
• disruption and cancellation at terminal at Calais as 150 migrants tried to storm

Question 19

What is the Jungle in Calais?

Answer 19

• home to more than 6000 people many of them vulnerable and unwell
• half the size of a small garden shed
• non-durable temporary accommodation
• tents put up in unoccupied aries of sandy wasteland previously used as an informal toilet
• rubbish everywhere
• ethnic groups are geographically separated
• 50 huts and tents home to families form Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan