Zusammenfassung der Ressource
A2: Migration: Causes,
Streams and Impacts (iii)
Migrant Characteristics
- Age
- Economically active age
groups usually migrate for
work
- This usually becomes a permanent move
and they will settle down, marry and have a
family
- Gender
- Males are most likely to migrate
- Women usually of a
lower status and stay
at home
- Male migrants get
established and then
the family follows
- Certain jobs will attract males
more then females e.g. mining
and industry
- Socio-Economic
- People will move where a community
has already been established e.g.
worship and services
- British cities have distinctive
ethinic areas - increased mobility
and greater opps.
- Ethnicity
- Jews-Nazis : Huge
influx of Jews to other
European countries
- More recently; Syrians/Sudans