International Migration 😊

Question 1

What is economic migration?

Answer 1

People moving into or out of a country for economic reasons

Question 2

What is interdependence?

Answer 2

Relying on each other as a form of support

Question 3

What are global hub cities?

Answer 3

Globally significant cities that aren’t based on size

Question 4

Example of high wage migration

Answer 4

Russians into London

Question 5

Why are they moving?

Answer 5

Wealthy Russians have been granted elite ‘investor visa’s’ which speed settlement in Britain

Question 6

How many have moved?

Answer 6

2012-2014 227,500 Russians moved to the UK

Question 7

How much have Russians invested in the UK in exchange for visa’s?

Answer 7

2004-2013. £250 billion

Question 8

Effects on U.K.? X3

Answer 8

• many have bought property which has increased prices
• boosted our economy
• tension between brits and Russians

Question 9

Example of low wage migration

Answer 9

Nepali citizens to Qatar

Question 10

How many have moved?

Answer 10

2011-2014. 176,748 moved to Qatar as migrant workers

Question 11

What sorts of jobs do they carry out?

Answer 11

U skilled labour jobs- construction and landscaping

Question 12

How much is sent home in remittances?

Answer 12

Nepali government estimates $4 billion dollars is sent home each year
Accounts for 20% of GDP

Question 13

Negatives of 2022 World Cup project?

Answer 13

• bad working conditions for Nepalese people
• work 10-14 hours per day
• 4,000 died already (1 every other day)
• make only $4 a day