Global Migration Distribution

Emigration refers to...

• Someone exiting a country
• Someone coming into a new country

Immigration refers to...

• Someone exiting a country
• Someone coming into a new country

Net migration... (PICK 3)

• # of immigrants minus # of emigrants
• Can be calculated on multiple scales (local, national, regional, etc.)
• Can be positive or negative
• # of emigrant minus # of immigrants
• Tells us about how migration is changing a places population

If you have more immigrants than emigrants than your net migration is....

• Positive
• Negative

If you have more emigrants than immigrants than your net migration is....

• Positive
• Negative

If I were to move from the Untied States to Canada....

• I would be an emigrant to the U.S. and an immigrant to Canada
• I would be an immigrant to the U.S. and an emigrant to Canada

Which sees more immigrants?

• MDCs
• LDCs

Which sees more emigrants?

• MDCs
• LDCs

MDCs usually have...

• Net in-migration
• Net out-migration

LDCs usually have...

• Net in-migration
• Net out-migration