2.12 Effects of Migration

• Match the term with its meaning:

  Immigration ↔️ Moving into a new country or region

  Emigration ↔️ Leaving one's country or region
• What is the term for the loss of skilled workers due to international migration?

  Brain drain
• Cultural enrichment is a positive social impact of migration on destination countries


  True
• Types of migration include internal migration and international migration
• What is "brain drain" in the context of migration?

  Loss of skilled labor
• How does migration positively affect destination countries economically?

  Fills labor shortages
• Match the category of migration effects with their corresponding positive and negative effects on destination countries:

  1️⃣ Economic

  2️⃣ Social

  3️⃣ Demographic
• In destination countries, cultural diversity may lead to challenges in preserving traditional cultural identities
• What factors determine the net environmental impact of migration?

  Scale, demographics, policies
• Migration refers to the movement of people from one place to another across geographical boundaries
• For internal migration, the loss of working-age population from rural to urban areas reduces overcrowding and unemployment
• Order the categories of migration impacts on destination countries:

  1️⃣ Economic

  2️⃣ Social

  3️⃣ Demographic
• What does the term "emigration" mean?

  Leaving one's country to live elsewhere
• International migration involves moving across international borders.


  True
• The net effect of migration on source countries depends on factors like scale and skill level.


  True
• Cultural enrichment is a positive social impact of migration on destination countries.


  True
• What is the primary financial benefit of migration for source countries?

  Remittances from migrants
• Match the environmental impacts of migration with their effects on source and destination countries:

  Source Countries ↔️ Reduced pollution ||| Loss of stewardship practices

  Destination Countries ↔️ Sustainable infrastructure ||| Increased resource demand
• Internal migration involves movement within a country's borders


  True
• Emigration can lead to a loss of skilled labor, which is known as brain drain
• Source countries can benefit from remittances but may suffer from the loss of skilled labor
• What is internal migration?

  Movement within a country
• Remittances sent back by migrants can boost incomes and investment in the source country
• Migration can lead to wage depression in low-skilled jobs
• Match the category of migration effects with their corresponding positive and negative effects on destination countries:

  Economic ↔️ Fills labor shortages ||| Depresses low-skilled wages

  Social ↔️ Enriches culture ||| Causes social tensions

  Demographic ↔️ Boosts birth rates ||| Strains infrastructure
• Migration can reduce environmental degradation in source countries by reducing resource consumption.


  True