demography- migration

Question 1

migration

Answer 1

The movement of people from place to place’

Question 2

emigration

Answer 2

The movement of people OUT of a particular place (Area/ Society/ Country)’

Question 3

immigration

Answer 3

The movement of people INTO a particular place (Area/ Society/ Country)’

Question 4

Net migration

Answer 4

The difference between the numbers immigrating and the numbers emigrating, and is expressed as a net increase or net decrease due to migration.

Question 5

the growth in the uk population

Answer 5

For most of the 20th century, the growth of the UK population was the result of natural increase (more births than deaths) rather than immigration and emigration.
Every year between 1946 & 1978 more people left the UK (Emigrating) compared to the number of people coming to the UK (Immigrating)

Question 6

immigration in the uk

Answer 6

Despite the patterns of low birth rates & high emigration rates in the UK, the population is actually INCREASING slightly….this is mainly due to LARGE SCALE IMMIGRATION.

Question 7

patterns of migration: Webb 2015

Answer 7

According to Webb (2015), in 2014 there was a NET MIGRATION of 260,000 people INTO the UK – the highest this figure has ever been.

Question 8

In 2004 the European Union expanded by including 10 new member states

Answer 8

By being a member of the European Union, foreign citizens are granted the right to work and live in Britain