Population And Migration Flashcards
Crude birth and death rate
The average of people being born/dying per thousand in a certain population
Barriers to migration
Human; Requirement of a visa, border, anti-emigration laws
Physical; Terrain eg desert or ocean
Economic migrant vs refugee
Economic migrants move to seek better employment and job opportunity
Refugees move to escape from a danger of some kind in their home country
Syrian refugees case study
Challenges faced by refugees; Dangerous journey often in overcrowded boats, others are trapped in overcrowded camps with little access to food or healthcare, there is a growing anti immigrant sentiment in Greece causing racially motivated attacks, many face the threat of being sent back, they struggle to find jobs or education due to the language barrier
Challenges faced by Greece; Greece’s 25% unemployment rate and struggling economy is only worsened by the number of migrants at 62,000 and rising, many claim that the increasing refugee numbers is having a negative impact on tourism which further weakens Greece’s economy although others claim this is untrue, these migrants don’t contribute to Greece’s economic by setting up roots and getting jobs as they plan to leave once the war is over, other European countries preventing migrants from moving further into Europe resulting in large refugee camps such as the Idomeni camp at the Macedonia border which holds 12,000 people
Aged vs youth dependent population
The aged dependent population depends on the working population for healthcare, pension and other social services. In MEDCs with an increasing elderly population there is a greater burden to sustain the services they require and as they have longer life expectancies the pensions have to be paid for longer periods of time
The youth dependent population are reliant on parents/guardians for essentials but are also reliant on services like healthcare and education which is provided for by the government using taxes from the working population
