Migration Unit

Topic Key Points Case Studies/Examples

1. Types of Know that there are two different types of migrant – FORCED and Pages 22-23
Migration VOLUNTARY:
 Forced – Migrant has no choice but to move due to a
natural or human disaster.
 Voluntary – Migrant chooses to move in order to improve
his/her quality of life.

Two main differences:

 Refugee – Forced to leave their home country for fear of
persecution or due to environmental disaster.
 Asylum Seeker – People who have left their home country
and have applied to another but are awaiting permission to
stay.

2. Case Study - Know that migrants have PUSH and PULL factors which cause Pages 30-31
Mexico them to migrate – Be able to list as many of these as possible.

Mexico
 Know the Push and Pull factors for Mexicans to move to the
USA.
 Recognise that not all of the migration is legal – For it to be
legal the Mexicans must obtain a Green card.
 Know some statistics on the migration – i.e how many
people move and where.

The key is to know the economic, environmental, social and

demographic effects on both the SOURCE (Mexico) and the
 HOST (USA) countries.
3. Affects of Know how migration has affected a country – either Brazil, Egypt
Migration within a or the USA.
country.  You studied one of these in the lesson.
 Know where people have migrated from and to.
 Know the effects of this migration and what it has done to
the population distribution of the country.
 If stuck read pages 26-27 and have a look at the UK, which
can then be your case study for this instead.