Geopgraphy - International migration

Classification of mobilities

Actors, motives, time scale (temporary or permanent), geographical criteria (departure/arrival areas)

How the type of migrant is determined

the kind of circumstances that caused the migration

Different types of migrants (actors)

Refugees, Asylum seekers, economic migrants, students

refugees

People who were forced to leave their country and are unable le to return.

Causes of refugees

Conflict, persécution or environmental changes

Asylum seekers

People who have fled their country, but have yet to receive the refugees status

Economic migrants

People who have moved to another country to find work

caracteristics of Student migrations

Temporary migrations, on a continental or global scale

The brain drain

situation in which large numbers of educated and highly skilled people leave their country to live and work in another, where the pay and conditions are better

Kind of actor in migration other than migrants

Politicians

The way in which politicians are involved in migration

Politicians are actors in migration due to the policies they implement which can either push people to leave their country, or welcome refugees

Different kinds of factors that cause migration

Push and pull factors

Push factors

Factors that make people want to move out of the country they are in

Political push factors

Persécution, war, political instability

Economic push factors

Lack of jobs, low income, economic décline

Social push factors

Lack of food, poor health care, lack of education

Environmental push factors

Natural disaters , desertification, impact of climate change

Pull factors

Factoprs that attract people to a New place

Political pull factors

Demovcratic political regime, more respectful of human rights

Economic pull factors

Better job opportunities, higher salaries

Social pull factors

Better quality of life, welfare state

Environmental pull factors

Better farming conditions

Welfare state

When a government is providing basic free health care of all the population