Population Movements Flashcards
People migrate _____ ____ and to ____ _____.
Within countries.
Different countries.
What is it called when people move into an area?
Immigration.
What are the people called who move into an area?
immigrants.
What is it called when people leave an area?
Emigration.
What are the people called who leave an area ?
Emigrants.
People can move between different what?
Regions within countries.
People can move where?
Across the world.
Few miles over the border.
Give an example of moving between different regions within countries
Countryside to a city.
Rural-urban migration.
Migrations happens because of ____ and ____ factors.
Push.
Pull.
What are push factors?
Things about a person’s place of origin that make them decide to move.
What are pull factors?
Things about a person’s destination that attracts them.
Examples of push factors
Not being able to find a job.
Poor living conditions.
War.
Natural disaster .
Push factors are usually…
Negative.
What are refugees?
People who have been forced to leave their country due to war or natural disaster.
Give an example of when people had to migrate?
Thousands of refugees migrated to escape the war in Kosovo in 1999.
Examples of pull factors
Job opportunities.
Better standard of living.
Pull factors are usually…
Positive.
What economic migrants?
People who move voluntarily from poor places to richer places looking for jobs/higher wages.
Give an example of economic migrants?
From Mexico to USA.
Migrate so they can earn more money and send some back to family.
Migration has ____ and _____ impacts.
Positive.
Negative.
What does migration impact?
Source country.
Receiving country.
What is the source and receiving country?
Source - Where they come from.
Receiving - Where they’re going to.
Name 2 positives migration has on the source country.
Reduced demand on services.
Money sent back to the source country by emigrants.
Name 2 positive migration has on the receiving country.
Increased labour force.
Migrant workers pay taxes, help fund services.
What is labour force mean?
Young people immigrate to find work.
Name 3 negative migration has on the source country.
Labour shortage.
Skills shortage.
Ageing population.
What does it mean by labour shortage?
Mostly people of working age that emigrate.
What does it mean by skills shortage?
More highly educated people that emigrate.
What does it mean by ageing population?
High proportion of older people left.
Name 3 negative migration has on the receiving country.
Local and immigrants compete for jobs.
Increased demand for services.
Money is sent back to immigrants original country and not spent in destination country.
Increased demand for services means what?
eg overcrowding in schools/hospitals.
