causes of migration ib sl
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What Is Migration? The movement of people, involving a permanent (>1 year) change of residence. Migration can be internal (local/regional) or external (international). Migration can also be voluntary or forced.TRANSCRIPT
Causes Of Migration
IB SL
What Is Migration?
• The movement of people, involving a permanent (>1 year) change of residence.
• Migration can be internal (local/regional) or external (international).
• Migration can also be voluntary or forced.
MIGRATIONDefinition of migration:
• Migration is the movement of people across a national or international boundary.
• The United Nations defines it as a ‘permanent’ change of residence lasting more than one year.
Migration occurrence:
• Migration has occurred throughout the history of humankind.
• The world’s population is more mobile than ever before because of advances in and the reduced cost of transport and communication.
• One in every 35 people lives outside the country of their birth.
Factors prompting migration:Push factors.• These are poor conditions where
people live which encourage or force them to leave.
Pull factors.• In contrast to push factors,
these are good conditions at a place people are thinking of moving to.
Intervening obstacles.• These are the difficulties that
people face when they attempt to migrate.
MIGRATION PUSH FACTOR
People living in poor conditions.
MIGRATION
1. Forced.2. Voluntary.Labour related migration:• Much recent migration
has been ‘labour-related’ – people moving to find work.
Remittances. • This is the money sent
home to their families by migrants working in another region or country.
MIGRATION
TOP DESTINATIONS OF REMITTANCES $Bn (2001)
Migrations can be classed as either:
How Do We Measure Migration?
• Migration • Migration is the movement of people • It is classified by such indices as –Distance travelled –Reason for travel –Period of time of travel –Volume of migrants
MATCH THE FLAG TO IT’S MEANING AND WRITE IT IN YOUR BOOKS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATON
NATIONAL MIGRATON
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
VOLUNTARY MIGRATON
INVOLUNTARY MIGRATON
PUSH FACTOR
PULL FACTOR
Moving from one country to anotherBeing forced to move from a placeWanting to move to a placeAttracts people to migrateMakes people want to move away
from a placeMoving within a countryA person moves to a country without
permission
A simple explanation to migration
• Push and Pull• Negative factors in the
place you live are enough to encourage you to move to another place that attracts you – these can be real such as job opportunities or perceived ‘ how you imagine a place to be even though you have never been there!
Activity
Look at the next slide and copy the layout onto an A4 sheet of paper and list possible reasons for each of the
different types of migration.
Types Of Migration
Long Term
Internal PermanentExternal
Short Term
Seasonal Daily Temporary
Rural-Urban Migration/ Counterurbanisation
Copy and complete the following table to show the Push and Pull factors of Rural-Urban Migration and Counterurbanisation...
Rural-Urban Migration Counterurbanisation
Push
Pull