Population change:

Types of migration
6.1MS
Ms. Kirby Harripersad
Session
01 Define the different types of Migration

Objectives
02 Verify the categorization of migration scenarios
Recall:
Migration
All movement of people can be referred to as
migration. When the movement involves a
daily movement to and from work, it is called
commuting.

Strictly speaking, however, migration involves

a change of residence (Bleasdell, 2019)

Based on choice Time Frame Geographic range

Forced vs. Voluntary Temporary vs. Internal vs. International
Permanent
 Voluntary Migration
This type of migration is where movement is of a person’s free will.

-Better quality of life

-Greater personal
-Better employment
freedom
prospects
-Better living conditions
-Higher wages
-Access to health care
-Access to go
education
 Forced Migration
Also known as Involuntary migration

Occurs when people are reluctant to move

and are uprooted involuntarily, sometimes
illegally/forcibly so.

When this happens within a home country,

the person is called an internally
displaced person (IDP).

When it happens outside a home country,

the person is called a refugee.

Noteworthy examples:
Atlantic Slave Trade

1997 Volcanic eruption (Montserrat)

 Temporary Migration

Tourists Farm labourers

Move can be a few days to weeks Caribbean farm workers go to the
apple and orange farms in Canada
and USA seasonally for a couple
months

Construction
workers University students
Example: building of soccer For the duration of the students
stadiums in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA programmes. Can be years
World Cup
Long-term (Permanent) migration

Occurs where people have been

successful in gaining citizenship and
continue to live abroad for many
years, leaving as young adults and
returning after retirement as an
elderly person.
Geographic
Internal
Range • Within a country.
• Can be rural to other rural
areas
• Urban to other urban areas
• Between rural and urban
areas.
• Usually relatively short
distances.
• Does not affect the
country’s total population.
International
Recall:
- Those leaving the country
are called emigrants.
- Those entering are
immigrants
• Can be between
developing and developed
countries
• Changes the country’s
total population.
• Noteworthy examples
include migration from
Mexico and the Caribbean
to the USA
• Locally: Venezuelans to
Trinidad
Verify
The
Following:
Top left: Refugees- voluntary migration

Top right: Rural to Urban- internal migration

Bottom right: Tourist- Permanent migration

Bottom left: Seasonal farmer: Forced

migration

Centre: Acquiring a green card: Temporary

migration

NB: page 57 of text

 Follow up session:

What pushes and draws persons

to leave an area and the
consequences of both source and
receiving countries

Push factors Pull factors

Pages 58-59 of text

On a scale of 1-5, how do you rate the
clarity of the session?
(1 being the lowest)
 Bibliography
Bleasdell, S.G. 2019. Cape unit 1 New integrated Geography. Caribbean Educational Publishers.