Migration pt1

Question 1

What process is migration linked to?

Answer 1

Globalisation

Question 2

What is the most common type of migrant?

Answer 2

Economic migrant

Question 3

What is an economic migrant?

Answer 3

An individual who migrates to seek work in another country to send remittances back home.

Question 4

What are remittances?

Answer 4

Funds that are sent to a migrants country of origin.

Question 5

What is a refugee?

Answer 5

A person who has moved outside their country of origin, in order to escape war, persecution or natural hazards.

Question 6

What are three reasons for a refugee?

Answer 6

To escape war, prosecution or natural hazards.

Question 7

What is an asylum seeker?

Answer 7

An individual who enters another country seeking refugee status due to fear for their life in their home country.

Question 8

What is net migration?

Answer 8

The difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants for a particular country.

Question 9

What is an immigrant?

Answer 9

An individual entering a country.

Question 10

What is an emigrant?

Answer 10

An individual leaving a country.

Question 11

What are two examples of the current main migration flows?

Answer 11

The UK to Australasia.
India to the UK.

Question 12

What are the three types of migrant flows at different spatial scales?

Answer 12

International
Inter-regional
Intra-regional

Question 13

What are the main countries of origin for three UK’s immigrants for international migration?

Answer 13

India
Poland
Pakistan

Question 14

What are the main countries of destination for UK’s emigrants for international migration?

Answer 14

Australia
Canada
USA

Question 15

What are the reasons for emigration?

Answer 15

Employment opportunities
Retirement
Being reunited with families abroad.

Question 16

What percentage do women make up of the UK’s immigrant population?

Answer 16

52% in 2019

Question 17

What is inter-regional migration?

Answer 17

The movement of people between different regions.

Question 18

What is an example of inter-regional migration?

Answer 18

Syria to Europe

Question 19

Why were individuals fleeing from Syria?

Answer 19

Due to the civil war.

Question 20

When did the civil war in Syria begin?

Answer 20

15th March 2011

Question 21

Why was there a civil war in Syria?

Answer 21

The government regime under the president of Bashar al-Assaad was brutal and unfair.

Question 22

What started the civil war in Syria?

Answer 22

Protestors took to the streets to oppose the new government regime which they did after other Arab nations opposed theirs.
The president therefore cracked down on this by using military violent control.

Question 23

How many Syrians were killed during the 10 year period of the civil war?

Answer 23

306,000

Question 24

What country took the largest amount of refugees from Syria as a result of their civil war?

Answer 24

Germany

Question 25

What country took a large amount of refugees from Syria due to having a similar culture?

Answer 25

Lebanon

Question 26

Wy did many Syrian refugees migrate to Lebanon?

Answer 26

Due them having a similar culture.

Question 27

What are the benefits of migrating to a country with a similar culture?

Answer 27

It becomes easier to settle in and make a new life there.

Question 28

What is an example of poor conditions as a result of the migration from Syria to the EU?

Answer 28

Calais The Jungle

Question 29

Where is Calais?

Answer 29

The port of the crossing from France to the UK.

Question 30

What were the conditions like in the camps at the Calais The Jungle?

Answer 30

Very few people had access to sanitation or clean water. Many had also experienced police violence, sexual and verbal abuse.

Question 31

What percentage of refugees in the Calais the Jungle has experienced police violence, sexual or verbal abuse?

Answer 31

75%

Question 32

How far away were the camps in Calais the Jungle from the port?

Answer 32

500 metres away

Question 33

What is intra-regional migration?

Answer 33

The flow of individuals within a region.

Question 34

Why may intra-regional migration occur?

Answer 34

Due to the countries sharing the same language, culture or religion.

Question 35

What is pur example of intra-regional migration?

Answer 35

The EU and the Schengen Agreement.

Question 36

What is the Schengen agreement?

Answer 36

It allows for free movement of people for most EU member states.

Question 37

What are 3 examples of EU member states that are apart of the Schengen agreement?

Answer 37

Pain Norway Poland

Question 38

How many countries are part of the Schengen agreement?

Answer 38

26 countries

Question 39

What are the 2 reasons for there being a relationship between migration and development?

Answer 39

1- Migration can provide workforce and new skills so more economic development. 2- Inequalities in income levels between different countries generate the movement of people.

Question 40

What is the multiplier effect?

Answer 40

The process by which new or expanding economic activity in an area can create additional employment. These employees then have more more money to spend in other sectors so growth occurs here, so stimulates more economic activity in this area too.

Question 41

What are the importance of remittances for the development of EDCs and LIDCs?

Answer 41

- Can contribute to a large proportion of the country's GDP. - Help to boost the spending power of families who recieve the money.

Question 42

What are the weaknesses of remittance payments for EDCs and LIDCs?

Answer 42

Remittance payments can be affected by restrictive immigration policies of developed countries and the costs of travel.

Question 43

How can global migration promote stability?

Answer 43

Migrant remittances can contribute to economic stability. An ageing population, with youthful working populations can contribute to a more balanced structure.

Question 44

How does migrant remittances contribute to economic stability?

Answer 44

They are a source of foreign exchange.

Question 45

How does global migration promote economic growth?

Answer 45

Migrant remittances can supplement household income leading to the multiplier effect. Migrants can fill shortages in labour market.

Question 46

How does global migration promote development?

Answer 46

Flow of technology can be used to identify where most of the support is needed in crisis areas for refugees.

Question 47

How can global migration cause inequalities?

Answer 47

Countries of origin can loose a proportion of their young, most fittest labour force.

Question 48

What can the lose of young workers lead to in a country?

Answer 48

Economic spiral at local, regional and national scales.

Question 49

What is the process called when smarter individual migrate from their country of origin?

Answer 49

Brain drain

Question 50

What is brain drain?

Answer 50

The better educated who migrate from their country of origin.

Question 51

How can global migration cause conflicts?

Answer 51

Social conflict can develop. Pressure can be places of services which causes animosity from locals.

Question 52

Why might social conflict occur as a result of global migration?

Answer 52

Individuals might find it difficult to integrate when they are from a different culture perhaps because of a new language.

Question 53

How does global migration cause injustices?

Answer 53

Migrants are more vunerable to the violation of their human rights. Refugees recieve less help in terms of shelter, food, water and safety.