SG1 Migration Flashcards
In 2015 244 million people in the world were a migrant - what % of the worlds population is this?
3.3%
what does inter-regional migration mean?
when you migrate to another continent, normally overseas
what is intra-regional migration?
migration within the same country
Name 2 push factors when it comes to migration?
- lack of opportunities at home (job, education healthcare)
- conflict made people flee their homes
name 2 pull factors when it comes to migration?
- better services in the other country such as free healthcare and better education
- friends and family who already moved there and encouraged them to move there too
name 2 intervening obsticles when it comes to migration?
- cost of the journey
- language barrier can make the move difficult
a migrant flow between two countries is called what?
a bilateral corridor
what is the definition of an asylum seeker?
a person who flees their home nation and is claiming to be a refugee but is waiting for refugee status to be granted
what is the definition of a refugee?
a person who has moved outside of their country out of fear of death or persecution and has been granted the legal right to stay in the destination country
what is the definition of an IDP (internally displaced person)?
a person who flees their home but remains in the same country
what is the definition of an illegal immigrant?
an asylum seeker isn’t granted refugee status and is required to back to their home country but doesn’t
why has globalisation created a new source and destination countries for global migrants?
EDCS have jobs going in developing regions which attract people from LIDCs to work in these sectors
Many people in EDCs are gaining better qualifications and are therefore attracted to the AC because of the better and pay and quality of life
