Migration - benefits and negatives for both the countries losing and for countries gaining people

What types of Migration are there?

From one country to another (international), From one part of a country to another (internal or domestic).

Advantages For the country gaining people

Cheap labour, Helps overcome labour shortages Immigrants are often prepared to do unskilled jobs Some immigrants are highly skilled Cultural diversity

name some pull factors:

Education opportunities; Health Care; Housing; Jobs

Advantages For the country losing people:

Fewer people to be fed and housed Income sent home Reduces pressure on jobs and resources

Migration can also be:

Forced or voluntary, Permanent or temporary.

name some push factors:

Lack of services; Natural Disasters; Poor farming; Poor housing; Unemployment

Disadvantages For the country gaining people

Language problems Racial / ethnic tensions Jobs lost to incoming workers Loss of those most likely to have education and skills Pressure on housing and services Immigrants tend to be less healthy, placing strain on the health service, and they tend to live in low quality housing Limited skills/education in immigrant population

Disadvantages For the country losing people

Loss of young and most able Loss of young men creates an unbalanced population structure Loss of working age people Loss of those most likely to have education and skills Elderly population remains, so there's a higher death rate Division of families

what do Pull factors do

attract people into an area

What do Push factors do

encourage people to leave their home area.

What is Migration?

the movement of people from one area to another.