Explain the causes/significance of changes in migration (4)✅

Question 1

Define the term immigration

Answer 1

refers to the movement into a society

Question 2

Define the term emigration

Answer 2

movement out

Question 3

Net migration

Answer 3

difference between numbers of immigrants and numbers of emigrants, and is expressed as a net increase or a net decrease due to migration

Question 4

What part of the world do most immigrants to the UK now come from?

Answer 4

the largest group were the Irish, mainly for economic reasons, followed by Eastern and Central European Jews, who were often refugees fleeing persecution, and people of British descent from Canada and USA

Question 5

What is meant by economic push/pull factors in relation to emigration?

Answer 5

push factors- such as economic recession and unemployment at home
Pull factors- such as higher wages or better opportunities abroad.

Question 6

What other reasons might migrants have for leaving their country?

Answer 6

• religion
• political
• racial persecution

Question 7

Explain how immigration is causing natural population increase

Answer 7

Other countries, have higher fertility rates, 2.21, than women in the UK where the fertility rate is 1.84 in 2011

Question 8

How does immigration affect the age structure of the population?

Answer 8

it affects the structure as its growing, birth rate is higher than death rate, however births to UK born mothers remain low. If it wasn’t for migration the UK population would be shrinking.

Question 9

3 effects of the dependency ratio

Answer 9

• immigrants more likely to be working age, helps over dependant ratio
• however, because younger, have more children, increasing ratio
• finally, longer group of people settled in to country, closer fertility rate comes to national average.