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    Migration and Demography

    GE TCW
    [ The Contemporary World ]
    Introduction
    • The adaptation of populations to changing contexts has
    always been important to human existence

    • Today’s global reality demands no less

    – Political, economic, and social issues and challenges contribute to


    dramatic population shifts
    Learning Outcomes
    • At the end of this lesson, learners are expected to:

    1. Define migration and demography;


    2. Explain the causes of migration;
    3. Discuss demographic factors; and
    4. Evaluate the impact of globalization
    Defining Migration
    • Migration

    – Movement of usually a large group of people to another place,


    either permanently or semi-permanently

    – People who migrate include permanent settlers, temporary


    workers, asylum seekers, and undocumented arrivals

    – With the intention of short or long-term settlement


    Defining Migration
    • People can either:

    – choose to move
    • (voluntary migration)

    – be forced to move
    • (involuntary migration)
    Defining Migration
    • Scales of Migration

    1. Intercontinental – moving between continents

    2. Intracontinental – between countries on a single continent

    3. Interregional – e.g. from rural to urban areas for better opportunities


    Defining Migration
    • Types of Migration
    Internal Migration External Migration

    Moving to a new home within the Moving to a new home in a


    same state, country, or continent different state, country, or
    continent
    Emigration Immigration

    Leaving one country to move to Moving into a new country


    another
    Defining Migration
    Population Transfer Impelled Migration

    When a government forces a large Individuals are not forced out of


    group of people out of a region their country, but leave because of
    unfavorable situations
    Step Migration Chain Migration

    A series of shorter, less extreme A series of migration within a


    migration from a person’s place of family or defined group of people;
    origin to destination prospective migrants follow where
    people they know live
    Defining Migration
    Return Migration Seasonal Migration

    The voluntary movements of The process of moving for a


    immigrants back to their place of period of time in response to
    origin labor or climate conditions
    Defining Migration
    • People who migrate:

    1. Emigrant – a person who is leaving one country to reside in another

    2. Immigrant – a person is entering a country from another to take up new


    residence

    3. Refugee – a person who is residing outside the country of his or her origin
    due to fear of persecution
    Defining Migration
    • People who migrate:
    4. Internally Displaced Person – a person who is forced to leave his or her
    home region because of unfavorable conditions (political, social,
    environmental, etc.) but does not cross any boundary

    5. Migration Stream – a group migration from a particular country, region, or


    city to a certain destination
    Causes of Migration
    • Reasons for migration (settlement in ‘distant’ land) in the
    past?

    – Survival – largely true to primitive society


    – Colonization

    • At present?
    Causes of Migration
    • More migration now in an age of globalization? Causes?

    – Push and pull factors

    – “Greener pasture”

    – Security and political stability

    – Urbanization – due to influx of people from rural areas


    Defining Demography
    • Demography

    – The study of the size, territorial distribution, and composition of


    population, changes therein, and the components of such changes
    Demographic Factors

    Population Size Fertility Political/Institutional


    Composition Mortality Factors
    Distribution Migration Social/Psychological
    Factors
    Biological Factors

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