MIGRATIONLeaving home, getting home

Migration: the movement of individuals from one place to another (it can be temporal or permanent)• If you emigrate, you leave your own country. People who emigrate are called emigrants. The act of emigrating is called emigration.

• If you immigrate to a country, you go to live in that country. People that arrive in a country are called immigrants. The act is called immigration.

Leaving and arriving

Causes for migrationPush factors Pull factors

unemployment, poverty better-paid jobswar, crime safetypolitical persecution tolerancedrought, flooding good climate

RefugeesA refugee is a person who leaves his or her country to escape persecution because of their race, religion, nationality or political opinion, or war. They are also called asylum seekers in the country where they want to live.

A closer look

Consequences of migrationOrigin country Destination

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Less need for resourcesReception of money

More workersYounger populationIncreased diversity (racial and cultural)

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Loss of workforceOlder population

Loss of money (transfer to origin)Less resourcesJobs occupied by immigrantsRacial or cultural tensions

Answers to migration

• In the country of origin:oForeign investmentoPeace operations

• In the receiving country:oBorder controloTougher immigration laws

Information comes from• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/mig

ration/• Secondary school lesson• http://www.nytimes.com/ref/world/20070622_CAPEVERD

E_GRAPHIC.html• Interactive maps about migration (2005 information)• https://www.weareoneamerica.org/root-causes-migration-f

act-sheet• Causes of migration and refugees• https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/gl

obal_net_migration.html• Immigration in countries• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_immigra

nt_population• Countries which have the most immigrants (you can

check the list by total of immigrants or by percentage over population)