2. Learning Objectives:
• Quick review of ideas surrounding
population growth from last lesson
• Migration definitions
• Push and Pull factors
• Linking migration to Population density
and development
6. Migration definition
Without looking at your notes
In Pairs see if you can remember the perfect definition for
migration
We need to be aware that migration affects the distribution of people
over a given area as well as the total population of a region and the
population structure of a country or city
7. terminology check …
• Migration (according to the UN)
– Population moves from one administrative region to
another
– The movement normally results in a permanent
change of residence (i.e. for at least a year)
• Circulation
– All other people movements from shopping trips,
commuters, holidays, students living away at
university
Read the section on the sheet and answer the questions alongside
8. Migration motives
• Voluntary better life
• Involuntary or Forced – (contentious
terms)
e.g. •Slave trade
•Human trafficking
•Ethnic Cleansing
See how many different examples of migration you
can think of, write a list
9. Types of migration
• Time
– Seasonal
– Semi permanent
– Permanent
• Space
o Local
o Regional
o National
o International
Intra-national
18. Worldwide to USA illegal
immigration figures 2009
Country of
origin
Raw number Percent of total
Mexico 6,650,000 62
El Salvador 530,000 5
Guatemala 480,000 4
Honduras 320,000 3
Philippines 270,000 2
India 200,000 2
