migration

Key issues: 

èWhere are migrants distributed?

èWhy do people migrate?

èWhere do people migrate within a country?

èWhy do migrants face obstacles?

Mobility: general term; all movements 

-      Journeying each day to school

-      Visits to local shops 

-      Annual trips to visit relatives 

Circulation: short term acts of mobility 

-      College students moving to college but coming back to visit family for holidays but then goes back to where they live.

Migration: permanent move to a new location

-      Emigration is moving from location

-      Immigration is moving to a location

èRavensteen’s “laws”:

1.    Most migrants relocate a short distance and remain in the same country

2.    Long distance migrants to other countries head for major centers of eco activity

Migration can be divided into 2 categories: 

1.    International migration- permanent move from one country to another 

2.    Internal migration- permanent move within the same country 

Approximately 9 percent of the worlds people are international migrants 

Global pattern reflects migration tendencies from developing countries to developed countries 

-      Net out- migration (Asia, Latin America, Africa)

Net in- migration (North America, Europe, Ocea