unit 1

• What is migration?


  Migration is the movement of people from one place to another
• Classifications of migrants are

  voluntary or forced, temporary or permanent, national or international
• emigration is…


  when someone leaves a country
• immigration is…


  when someone enters a country
• the migration balance is…

  the difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants
• Globalisation is…


  The process of increasing interconnectivity and interdependence among countries and economies of the world
• Gloablisation has increased due to


  more people able to move in search of new home or job or to escape danger
• an international economic migrant…

  a person who moves voluntarily from one country to another to improve their standard of living
• what is voluntary migration?

  when someone moves due to their own decisions and free will
• what are the reasons for voluntary migration?

  better job opportunities

  family connections

  better weather and quality of life

  education
• what is forced migration?

  when someone has to move through no fault of their own often referred to as refugees
• what are the reasons for forced migration?

  war & conflict

  natural disaster

  human trafficking

  government policy eg nazi Germany
• what is temporary migration?

  movement which has a time limit
• what are reasons for temporary migration?

  war & natural disasters

  work contracts and university

  travel/holidays

  family reasons
• what is permanent migration?

  when someone moves and has no plans to return to original home
• what are reasons for permanent migration?

  employment

  retirement/lifestyle choices

  political decision
• Is international global migration increasing?

  grown rapidly over past 15 years reaching 244 million in 2015 up from 222 million in 2010
• what is globalisation creating?

  borderless world as ability to move between nations has been eased by globalisation
• how has globalisation changed the world

  increased number of people able to move in search of new home, job or to escape danger

  money moved globally through electronic transfer system

  developing countries more common place for international investment