Reasons for rising migration in modern times

Question 1

Boat Travel

Answer 1

Well paid shipyard jobs e.g. in South Korea with rise of containerisation etc..

After WW2 there was the development of large passenger ships

Many Chinese workers in Africa

Question 2

Air Travel

Answer 2

Easyjet international cheap flights, space time compression

Question 3

Money Transfers

Answer 3

Remittances now easy to send which encourages economic migration e.g. Mexico to USA

Question 4

Online Education

Answer 4

Those in rural areas can easily get educated online, so more likely to move to urban areas for high paid jobs

Question 5

Smart Phones

Answer 5

Able to better plan journeys and gain information about routes and borders, making it after and easier to migrate out of the country

Question 6

Assisted Passenger Migration

Answer 6

Scheme allowing UK citizens to migrate to Australia for cheaper with the promise of jobs, housing etc… as they had labour shortage

However, now too many people wanting to migrate so very strict rules in place

Question 7

The British Empires influence on migration

Answer 7

Colonisation of Caribbean + Africa + South Asia meant many migrated to Britain e.g. Windrush Generation

British Nationality Act led meant Commonweath citizens had right to British citizenship so many came from India + Jamaica

This migration was also popular as many coming from these countries spoke English and were educated in English e.g. Indian doctors