GEOGRAPHY MIGRATION

POPULATION MOVEMENTS

• MIGRATION IS THE MOVEMNT OF PEOPLE FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER.
• IMMIGRATION - PEOPLE MOVE INTO AN AREA
• EMIGRATION - LEAVE AN AREA
• PUSH AND PULL FACTORS AFFECT MIGRATION.
• PUSH - THINGS ABOUT A PERSON'S PLACE OF ORIGIN SO DECIDE TO MOVE. Eg: War
• PULL - PERSON'S DESTINATION THAT ATTRACT THEM. Eg: Job
• PushPull Factors (Einbetten)

MIGRATION IMPACTS - SOURCE COUNTRY

• POSITIVE IMPACTS:
• - REDUCED DEMAND ON SERVICES.
• - MONEY IS SENT BACK TO THE SOURCE COUNTRY BY EMIGRANTS.
• NEGATIVE IMPACTS:
• -LABOUR SHORTAGE AS IT MOSTLY PEOPLE OF WORKING AGE THAT EMIGRATE.
• -SKILLS SHORTAGE, SOMETIMES ITS THE MORE HIGHLY EDUCATED PEOPLE THAT EMIGRATE.
• - AGEING POPULATION AS THERE IS A HIGH PROPORTION OF OLDER PEOPLE LEFT.

MIGRATION IMPACTS - RECEIVING

• POSITIVE:
• - INCREASED LABOUR FORCE
• - MIGRANT WORKERS PAY TAKES THAT HEALP TO FUND SERVICES.
• NEGATIVE:
• - LOCALS AND IMMIGRANTS COMPETE FOR JOBS - TENSION AND CONFLICT.
• - INCREASED DEMAND FOR SERVICES
• - NOT ALL MONEY EARNT BY IMMIGRANTS IS SPENT IN THE DESTINATION - SOME SENT BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY.