Global Population and Mobility Flashcards
(28 cards)
Conditions that make living in destination countries a more attractive place to live.
Pull Factors
The transfer of ideas, skills, behaviors, identities and social capital from migrants to their communities of origin.
Social remittances
Differences among populations in terms of age and sex that affect migration and are being affected by it at the same time.
Demographic Factors
A country of nationality or of former habitual residence of a person or group of persons who have migrated abroad.
Country of origin
Characteristics that make it difficult or impossible to live in countries of origin
Push Factors
The 3 main forms of care in parenting are:
Moral care,
emotional care and material care.
The total number of international migrants present in a given country at a particular point in time.
Migrant stock
Problems of parent-child relationship
Psychological strain on parents and children, caregiving arrangements
A very significant motivation for people as they participate mainly in the decision making. It may also decide who is fit to leave their home in consideration of their economic well-being
Household
Social connections that facilitate the experiences of migrants. They can be in the form of a family, relatives or migrant stocks.
Networks
A country where a migrant is going to; this may also be called a receiving country.
Country of destination
Factors that affect immigration and emmigration
Push Factors and Pull Factors
The movement of persons away from their place of usual residence and across an international border to a country of which they are not nationals.
International migration
Movement of persons from one country to another, or within their own country of residence, for the purpose of employment.
Labor migration
True or False: We may look at push and pull factors as economic, political, cultural and environmental in nature.
True
Movement of persons that takes place outside the laws, regulations, or international agreements governing the entry into or exit from the country of origin or destination.
Irregular migration
Inflow of people into a country
Immigration
The movement of people across a specified boundary for the purpose of establishing a new or semi-permanent residence.
Migration
The two-way process of mutual adaptation between migrants and the societies in which they live, whereby migrants are incorporated into the social, economic, cultural and political life of the receiving community.
Integration
Pertains to motivations that stem from or are related to a person’s development.
Life cycle
Is one of the most common motivations that drive individuals to migrate.
Marital status
Migration that occurs in compliance with the laws of the country of origin, transit and destination.
Regular migration
Private international monetary transfers that migrants make, individually or collectively.
Remittances
Issues of husband-wife relationship
Psychological Issues, Marital Infidelity Issues, Gender Role Issues
