Key words

Question 1

Asylum seeker

Answer 1

left country of origin as refugee and is seeking asylum (protection) in another

Question 2

Economic migrant

Answer 2

moves from one country to another to improve standard of living (earn more money)

Question 3

Emigrant

Answer 3

person leaving a country

Question 4

Immigrant

Answer 4

person who comes to live in a foreign country permanently

Question 5

Inequalities

Answer 5

migrants experience different treatment/standards of living

Question 6

Injustices

Answer 6

lack of fairness

Question 7

Interdependence

Answer 7

interrelationships between AC’s, EDC’s and LIDC’s (through trade, FDI, aid, migration)

Question 8

Globalisation

Answer 8

the growing interdependence between peoples lives (economically, culturally, politically etc)

Question 9

Migrant

Answer 9

a person who moves to another country for at least a year

Question 10

Inter-regional migration

Answer 10

migration BETWEEN major world regions (eg. EU to America)

Question 11

Intra-regional migration

Answer 11

migration WITHIN major world regions (eg. within EU)

Question 12

Migrant remittances

Answer 12

Money (or ideas) earn in the host country, sent back to country of origin to family/friends

Question 13

Net migration

Answer 13

difference between number of immigrants and emigrants

Question 14

Refugee

Answer 14

has been forced to leave their country of origin in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster

Question 15

Policy

Answer 15

a government statement of what it intends to or not to do in regards to migration

Question 16

Neoclassic Economic Theory

Answer 16

suggests most important push factor/pull factor is wages

Question 17

AC’s

Answer 17

Advanced Countries

Question 18

EDC’s

Answer 18

Emerging Developing Countries

Question 19

LIDC’s

Answer 19

Low Income Developing Countries

Question 20

GDP per capita

Answer 20

Average income per person in a country (economic measure of development)

Question 21

HDI

Answer 21

Human Development Index (socio-economic)
Score from 0-1 combining:
- Income (GDP per capita)
- Knowledge (literacy rate & no. children in school)
- longevity (life expectancy)

Question 22

Internally displaced person

Answer 22

someone forced to leave their home but not crossed a border

Question 23

Economic growth (large/fast growing economy)

Answer 23

people’s income ‘increases’ in a way that allows people to be able to afford goods/services (people are becoming less poor)

Question 24

Bilateral corridor

Answer 24

The migration between two countries