Migration

• what is meant by the term migrant flows?

  movement of people from one place to another
• what is a long term migrant?

  A person who moves to a different country for a long period of time, usually more than a year.
• what is a short term migrant?

  someone who moves away for at least 3 months but not longer than a year
• what is emigration?

  a person leaving a country
• what is immigration?

  moving into a country
• what are the push factors for migration?

  • natural disaster
  • lack of resources
  • lack of services
  • war/conflict
• what are the pull factors for migration?

  • family reunification
  • better jobs
  • better quality of life
  • housing quality
• what is meant by net migration?

  total movement of people into and out of a country
• what are remittances?

  Money sent by migrants to their home country.
• what is an asylum seeker?

  Someone who seeks international protection and is awaiting a decision on their refugee status.
• what is family reunification?

  moving to join relatives
• what are the impacts of migration?

  • job shortages
  • racial tension
  • diverse culture
• what is meant by HDI?

  human development index
• what are the main migrant flows?

  increasing number of host destinations

  young & female workers

  conflict

  'south' - 'south' flows
• what are the three main case studies?

  USA

  Brazil

  Laos
• what is meant by bilateral migrant flows?

  Movement of people between two countries.
• what does the decision to migrate depend on?

  • ease of access
  • cost of travel
  • employment opportunities
  • migration policies
• what is economic migration?

  moving for a financial reason
• what is inter-regional migration?

  Movement of people from one region to another.
• what is intra-regional migration?

  Movement of people within the same region.
• What does the Core and Periphery model show?

  How economic, political and cultural authority is spread out in core and periphery regions
• What does the Multiplier effect show?

  
That one development leads to another which encourages people to move in
• What 3 things does the Human Development Index (HDI) show?

  Life expectancy

  Literacy rate

  GDP
• what does the Lee's migration model use to predict migration patterns?

  push/pull factors and intervening obsticles
• What is a refugee?

  person forced to leave the country from conflict or procescusion
• What is a policy?

  a law, regulation, procedure, action
• What is interdependence?

  
the dependance of 2 or more people or things on each other
• what is a TNC?

  Transnational Corporation
• What do TNC do?

  Encourage people to move into the area.