Transcript Population Movement & Migration

MIGRATION
• PERMANENT RELOCATION ACROSS LARGE
DISTANCES
• INTERNATIONAL
• BETWEEN COUNTRIES
• INTERNAL
• USUALLY RURAL TO URBAN
• ALSO TO AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY/LOW COSTS
CHARACTERISTICS OF MIGRATION –
LAWS OF MIGRATION
ERNST RAVENSTEIN (1876): LAWS OF MIGRATION
1. MOST MIGRANTS MOVE ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE:
• STEP MIGRATION
• INTERVENING OBSTACLES
• INTERVENING OPPORTUNITIES
CHARACTERISTICS OF MIGRATION –
LAWS OF MIGRATION
2. MIGRANTS THAT MOVE GREATER DISTANCES TEND TO GO
TO CITIES – WHY? Chain Migration? Transportation?
3. MIGRATION FLOWS PRODUCE COUNTER MIGRATION
• PEOPLE MOVE OUT AS OTHERS MOVE IN
• SEQUENT OCCUPANCY
4. FAMILIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO MIGRATE THAN YOUNG
ADULTS
• MOST INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS WERE YOUNG MALES - UP UNTIL
1990’S - NOW FEMALES ARE THE MOST. WHY?
• ECONOMIC FACTORS ARE THE MAIN CAUSE OF MIGRATION*****
CATALYSIS OF MIGRATION:
PUSH & PULL FACTORS
MANY EXIST SUCH AS:
• ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
• POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES
• ARMED CONFLICTS
• CIVIL WAR
• ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
• CULTURE & TRADITION
• TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nai-Rjg7QF4
QUIZ TIME: PUSH & PULL MIGRATION SCENARIOS
ON YOUR OWN PAPER, IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF MOVEMENT: PUSH OR PULL.
THEN, IDENTIFY THE FACTOR: ECONOMIC, CULTURAL/POLITICAL, OR
ENVIRONMENTAL.
SCENARIO A
• AS OIL WEALTH INCREASES IN DUBAI, SRI LANKAN CITIZENS MIGRATE TO DUBAI
IN SEARCH OF WORK. THEY OFTEN WORK THE MANUAL LABOR JOBS SUCH AS
CONSTRUCTION.
SCENARIO B
• AFSHAN WAS TARGETED AND NEARLY KILLED BY THE TALIBAN FOR
SUPPORTING EDUCATION FOR GIRLS. CONFLICT WITHIN AFGHANISTAN IN THE
PAST DECADES HAS BEEN INCREASING. AFSHAN’S FAMILY FLED AFGHANISTAN
FOR PAKISTAN IN HOPES OF SAFETY AND A PROMISING FUTURE.
QUIZ TIME: PUSH & PULL MIGRATION SCENARIOS
SCENARIO C
• GEMMA’S DAD WORKED AT EXXON IN NIGERIA. HE HEARD SHELL OIL
DRILLERS DISCOVERED PETROLEUM IN THE NORTH SEA OFF THE COAST
OF NORTHEAST SCOTLAND AND HE APPLIED FOR A JOB WITH SHELL.
AFTER SEVERAL INTERVIEWS, GEMMA’S DAD WAS HIRED AND THE
WHOLE FAMILY MOVED TO SCOTLAND.
SCENARIO D
• JACOB IS A CHRISTIAN LIVING IN SOUTHERN SUDAN. HE LEFT HIS HOME
WITH ONLY THE CLOTHES ON HIS BACK AND FLED TO ETHIOPIA WHICH
HE HAS HEARD IS HOME TO A BRANCH OF COPTIC CHRISTIANS. JACOB
HOPES TO FIND SAFETY AND ACCEPTANCE IN ETHIOPIA.
QUIZ TIME: PUSH & PULL MIGRATION SCENARIOS
SCENARIO E
• ICHIRO AND AIKA LIVED IN NORTHERN JAPAN BUT THERE HOME WAS
DESTROYED AS A RESULT OF THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR MELTDOWN IN
2011. AS A RESULT, THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO OSAKA IN
SOUTHERN JAPAN.
SCENARIO F
• AS MORE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES JOINED THE EU (EUROPEAN
UNION), CROATIANS AND SERBIANS BEGAN TO WORK MANY JOBS IN
THE UK PREVIOUSLY HELD BY WESTERN EUROPEANS. THIS HAS LED TO
RESENTMENT AND AS A RESULT EASTERN EUROPEANS ARE NOT
ACCEPTED INTO WESTERN EUROPEAN SOCIETY.
SCENARIO A
• PULL FACTOR – ECONOMIC
SCENARIO B
• PUSH FACTOR – POLITICAL/CULTURAL
SCENARIO C
• PULL FACTOR – ECONOMIC
SCENARIO D
•PULL FACTOR – POLITICAL/CULTURAL
SCENARIO E
•PUSH FACTOR – ENVIRONMENTAL
SCENARIO F
•BOTH!!!
PULL FACTOR – ECONOMIC
PUSH FACTOR – POLITICAL/CULTURAL