global migration

• what is a long-term migrant


  a person who moves to a country other than their usual residence for a long period of time.
• what is a short-term migrant


  someone who moves for at least three months, but less than a year
• what is migration


  the movement of people across a specified boundary, national and international to establish a new place of residence
• how is the global migration system dynamic


  flows of people are constantly changing in number, direction of movement and in demographic and ethnic composition
• what is an economic migrant


  those who are seeking work and social opportunities, often sending migrant remittances back to their home country
• what is a refugee


  people fleeing conflict zones and persecution, these growing in numbers
• what is an asylum seeker


  a personal who has left their country of origin and formally applied for asylum in another country, but their application has not been concluded
• what is an international migrant


  a person who stays outside of their usual country of residence for at least a year
• what is the equation for population change


  (births-deaths) + international migration
• what is net migration


  refers to the difference between numbers of immigrants and emigrants for a particular country. a country may have a positive or negative net migration
• what are the three most popular home countries for immigrants in the uk


  • poland
  • india
  • pakistan
• what are the three most popular destinations for uk emigrants


  • australia
  • USA
  • canada
• what are the main reasons for people migrating to the uk

  • ex-colonies
  • fellow EU countries
  • work opportunities
  • education
  • family reunification
• why do people move to the uk from india


  • colonial links
  • family
  • study
• why do people move to the uk from poland


  • geographical proximity
  • EU connections
  • family
• what is inter-regional migration


  migrants moving between regions (e.g. africa to europe)
• what was happening in 2015 with global migration


  europe was facing the biggest refugee crisis since ww2
• where were coming from in the 2015 refugee crisis


  • russia
  • iran
  • syria
  • iraq
• where were people going to in the 2015 refugee crisis


  • germany
  • france
  • italy
  • sweden
• what are push factors


  things that people wish to get away from in an area
• what are pull factors


  the perceived advantages of a potential detination which attracts migrants
• what is the simple migration model

  PUSH (origin) --> migration --> PULL (destination)
• what is lee's migration model


  range of attributes A --> intervening obstacles --> range of attributes B
• what are some examples of intervening obstacles


  • conflict
  • terrain
  • weather
  • borders
  • transport
  • laws
• what is forced migration


  when the push factors of a place force someone to emigrate
• what is voluntary migration


  the pull factors are enough for some to immigrate into a country
• what is the stark model of migration


  argues that people will decide to move based on interpretations of their own lives, where they are unhappy with perceived quality of life
• what is the harris-todo model of migration


  explains issues with rural --> urban migration, argues that if they will be economically better off there will be no other pull facotrs
• what in intra-regional migration


  the movement of people within a region (e.g. within the EU)
• when was the EU formedand why

  after ww2 to form good relations between countries in europe