1. Aim: To understand types of migration

2. What is migration? Which of these are migration…..
Your business sends you to another country for a 6 month placement after which you return home
You move to another country to go college, returning home for holidays
You get a job after college and decide to live permanently in Canada.
You move from Hanover and live in Munich because of better job opportunities
You work in Munich and have a house but you return home to Augsberg at the weekends.
You are fed up of the cold winters in Canada and move permanently to The Bahamas.

3. Migration is…..
The movement of people, involving a permanent (more than one year) change of residence.
It can be internal, or external (international) and voluntary or forced. It does not include temporary circulations such as commuting.

4. What is migration? Which of these are migration…..
Your business sends you to another country for a 6 month placement after which you return home
You move to another country to go college, returning home for holidays
You get a job after college and decide to live permanently in Canada.
You move from Hanover and live in Munich because of better job opportunities
You work in Munich and have a house but you return home to Augsberg at the weekends.
You are fed up of the cold winters in Canada and move permanently to The Bahamas.

5. Most voluntary migrations are because of work
Most voluntary migrations are because of work. (especially young people)
Some are because of retiring to a smaller town or coastal area (older people)
Some are because of desiring a better quality of life and moving from an urban area to a rural area in HIC’s
Younger people may migrate for education and older people for health
Forced migrations may be because of civil war, environmental damage, natural disaster or political persecution.
Forced, Health, Retiring, Work, Rural Area, Education

6. Main trends in migrant labour:
The globalisation of migration
eg. People moving further and to a greater variety of places
The acceleration of migration
eg. more people are moving
The feminisation of migration
eg. Women are beginning to migrate as much as men

7. HIC’s
Migrants have skills locals lack eg. Plumbing or do jobs locals don’t want such as caring for elderly or fruit picking
Germany: 1/7 workers from outside Germany
LIC’s
Lose their skilled professionals (brain drain) as they can earn more and have better standard of living in MIC’s Eg. Haiti has lost half its university educated professionals in recent years
Remittances are an important part of the economy
Migrants are often over qualified for the job they get in the host country

8. 3 key observations?