Migration KQ1

Key question one

What percentage of the global population were migrants in 1970

2.3%

What percentage of the global population were migrants in 2022

3.6%

Migration theory - Lee (1966)

Push and pull factors

Obstacles of migration

• national policies

• travel costs

• lack of capital (money)

• illiteracy

• family pressures

What is the top destination country

USA - 50.6 million migrants but only takes up 15.3% of the population

UAE as a destination country

8.72 million migrants worth 88% of the entire population

How much in remittance was sent globally in 2020

$702 billion

Benefits / opportunities of migration

• fills skill shortage e.g. Indian doctors coming to the UK to work for the NHS

• migrants do work that locals do not want to do e.g. polish farmers in Peterborough

• tax base - multiplier effect

• business start ups (2013, 14% of UK start ups we’re migrant owned)

what percentage of global migrants are female

48%

how many migrants are there globally

281 million

global value of remittances

$702 billion

what country has the largest emigration rate

India

What percentage of the worlds international migrants live in Asia

40%