LESSON 18: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

Video Lesson

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain the difference between free and forced international migration; and
discuss the countries that constitute the main targets or destinations of international migration and those that are the main senders of international migrants
Explain the push and pull factors of international migration.
Describe the positive and negative impacts of migration both to the country of origin and country of destination.

What is the nature of population migration both at the international and national levels?

How do you assess the impacts of migration from one country to another on the growth of the world population?

Which countries of the world are the highest senders of migrants?

Because one country’s loss is another’s gain, migration has no direct impact on the global population.
The movement of people from one place to another has an impact on population distribution, cultural diffusion, and resource exploitation.
Because of the vast number of people who cross international borders, international migration frequently attracts the most political, economic, and demographic attention.
International immigration is fundamentally an economic process driven by either pull or a ‘push’ (weak job opportunities, big populations, and low salaries).
Migration, like fertility and mortality, has an impact on population growth rates in sending and receiving countries.
Europe, Northern America, and Australia/New Zealand have been net recipients of international migrants for decades.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean have been net senders.

IR= (I/P)X1000 Where, I is number of immigrants and P is total population at destination.

ER= (E/P) X1000Where, E is number of emigrants and P is total population at origin.

NMR= (IR-ER)X1000 OR [(I-E)/P]X1000