Migration Trends

Migration Trends

IGCSE Geography

​Lesson Objectives

• ​Describe recent migration trends

• ​Define the following:

  • ​depopulation

  • ​counterurbanisation

Open Ended

Share one observation.

​Two-thirds (2/3) of international migrants worldwide live in Europe or Asia.

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​244 million in 2015

MIGration trends

Recent Migration data show...

​Migration has become increasingly temporary and circular in nature.

• ​labour-related migration

• ​student mobility

Recent Migration data show...

There is an increasing number of countries affected by migration (either as points of origin or of destination). New streams have developed.

Recent Migration data show...

Proportion of female migrants was 48% in 2015.

​- Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia are the leading countries with female migrants

Recent Migration data show...

Great majority of international migrants move from developing to developed counties. There's also strong migration links between some developing countries (low to middle-income countries)

Recent Migration data show...

Developed countries have reinforced controls (sometimes in response to security issues) to combat illegal immigration and networks that deal in trafficking and exploitation of human beings.

Why?

• ​increased awareness of opportunities in other countries

• ​advances in transportation and communication

• ​improvement of lifestyle of people that enabled them to move into other countries

​Global Air Traffic

​Activity: Migration Map (10 minutes)

Using the World Migration map, select three countries and identify two (3) countries of destinations of their migrants. Research possible reasons (work, leisure, education, etc.) for such a migration trend.

Internal population movements

​Internal Population Movements

movement within countries, much higher level than movement between countries

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​normally from poorer regions to richer regions as people seek employment and higher standards of living.

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​- rural to urban areas

The largest rural to urban migration happens in China with more than 150 million people move to urban/industrial areas to satisfy demand for workers.

​Depopulation

decline in the population of an area due to high level of out-migtaion. ​

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rapid urbanisatin left considerable impact on many rural areas where depopulation occurs.

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Rural depopulation

Open Ended

Share one observation about the illustration.

​Counterurbanisation

process of population decentralisation as people move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlement and rural areas.

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​the goal is to seek better quality of life by getting away from the problems of large cities.

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​improved conditions in rural areas, which is called by many as 'population turnaround'

​Activity: Migration WORKSHEET (10 minutes)

Poll

How confident are you?