This document discusses the impacts of migration on both source and receiving regions. It defines migration as the movement of people between areas and notes it affects both where people migrate from and to. Push factors that encourage people to leave an area include lack of jobs and political unrest, while pull factors attracting people to new areas are jobs, education, and improved living standards. Both regions experience positives like remittances sent home and skills gaps filled, and negatives such as loss of skilled workers and pressures on housing and public services from population changes. Specific examples discussed are migration within the EU from poorer to wealthier states, and Polish migration to the UK for work.

1. Impacts of Migration
L.O. To understand that migration is a result of decision making, push and pull factors and to
understand the positive and negative impacts on the source region and receiving country.

2. What is ‘migration’?What is ‘migration’?
60 seconds
‘write your definition on a post-it-note’
60 seconds
‘write your definition on a post-it-note’

3. CHECK and COMPLETE your definition.
Migration is the movement of people from one area to
another – it impacts on both the source region of the
migrant and the receiving country.
CHECK and COMPLETE your definition.
Migration is the movement of people from one area to
another – it impacts on both the source region of the
migrant and the receiving country.
Migration

4. PULL FACTORS –
attractions and
opportunities of a
place that encourage
people to move there.
E.g. …………………..
PUSH FACTORS –
negative aspects of a
place that encourage
people to move
away
E.g. …………………
PUSH and PULL Factors

5. PULL
PUSH
Come up to the board and write down a PUSH or PULL factor…..

6. Make a quick list of these Push and Pull
factors in your notes
PULL
1.Job prospects
2.Health care
3.High standard of living
4.Improved housing
5.Attractive environments
6.Educational opportunities
7.High wages
8.Safety from conflict
PUSH
1.Lack of jobs
2.Natural Disasters
3.Low wages
4.Difficult climate
5.Political or social unrest
6.Racial-/religious intolerance
7.Housing shortages
Use the section on page 189 in your textbook to highlight whether these factors will have a positive or
negative impact on the country of origin and destination, e.g. higher wages can mean migrants send
money home which benefits their country of origin but not of destination. You could make a table like
the example on the next slide.
Video here

7. Impacts of migration
Positives Negatives
Source
Country–
(where the
migrants come
from)
If the country is over populated or over
crowded the out migration can reduce
pressure on the countries natural resources
such as food and water.
Migrants can send money back to the
country of origin (known as remittances)
which is a form of foreign exchange for
that country.
Returning migrants return with knowledge
and skills
The most skilled and young move – this
is known as a “Brain Drain” which can
badly affect public services and the
economy.
There is less money raised in tax
revenue
Families and communities are affected
There are often gender imbalances, as
it is often males who move.
Receiving
country (the
country that
receives
migrants)
Skills gaps and work in industries that the
indigenous population do not want to do are
filled.
The economy of the country often gains, as
companies have the best people in the
correct posts.
Public services can benefit, look at the
number of foreign nationals in the UK’s NHS
for example.
Government tax revenues go up
Pressure can be put of public services,
housing and infrastructure from
increasing population size.
Language and cultural barriers can exist.
Friction and racism can develop between
the host population and the migrant
groups.
Locals can miss out on job opportunities
because of increased competition from
migrants.

8. Migration within the EU
• Most migration within the
borders of the EU is
voluntary and for economic
purposes.
• The pattern of migration
generally shows that
migrants move from poorer
Eastern European countries
to wealthier countries like
the UK and Germany.

9. Case Study: Poland to the UK
• From the short
extract provided find
the answers to the
following 5 questions
and then hold them
up on your mini
whiteboards when
you have them all

10. Quick Fire – Mini Whiteboard Test
1. State one positive impact of Polish migration for the
UK.
2. How much money did Polish workers in the UK
manage to send back to Poland?
3. What is the main negative impact for Poland of
economic migration to the UK?
4. What is the predicted population for the UK in
2033?
5. How could the influx of babies have a positive
impact on the UK?

11. Highlight
• Now take your copy of the extract
and highlight those 5 key points that
you picked out to answer the mini
quiz.

12. Now have a go at this….. positive and
negative effects of Migration
Describe two ways in which migration within the EU can have positive effects
on countries such as the UK.
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(4 marks)
• L.O. To understand that migration is a result of decision making, push and pull factors and to
understand the positive and negative impacts on the source region and receiving country.

13. Mark Scheme
• 2×2 or 1×3 + 1×1
• Max 2 if not using EU/UK
Provide workers who are prepared to work at a lower rate than UK workers
and so are more profitable and cover a labour shortage. Many of the
migrants are highly educated and so bring particular useful skills to the
country. Provide a wider range of cultural experiences for British people in
areas such as food.
Accept positive effects of people migrating from UK e.g. retirement to Spain.
Increased birth rate and effect on population structure. Increased taxes paid.
Increased number of people of working age. Immigrants are prepared to do
poorly paid jobs that are not.