5.2 Consequences of Migration

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5.2 Consequences of migration in area of origin

Today:

1) Discuss 5.1 exercise 1

2) Knowledge & PIF check w/laptop

2) Consequences with book & neighbour

3) Finish & check work of 5.1

4) Start exercises of 5.2

No religious freedom in my country.

1. Economic
2. Socio-cultural
3. Ecological
4. Political

Famine, natural disasters and conflict.

1. Push
2. Pull

Joining a spouse in a new country.

1. Family reunification
2. Family formation

Studying abroad.

1. Economic
2. Socio-cultural
3. Ecological
4. Political

In which 4-5 categories can you divide immigrants? (I do not mean the dimensions of push & pull factors)

What is 'aspiration' when it comes to migration?

What is the difference between a refugee and a asylum seeker?

PIF check: give the meaning of: immobility

PIF: Make a sentence or two with the words: relocation, erratic, involuntary

What do you think are the positive consequences of migration?

Read 5.2 - consequences in area of origin

• Read individually -> then take turns to explain
• Person A: How does migration influence demography?
• Person B: How might migration influence the economic diversity?
• Person A: What is social stratification? How does migration change this?
• Person B: How does previous migration influence aspirations?

Workbook exercises

Finish 5.1 ex. 1, 2,3,5 & 7 and choice 4 or 6

Check your work of 5.1 with the answersheet in Teams & ask questions.

Use 5.2

Start exercise 1-6

5.2 Consequences of Migration in area of origin

Today:

1) Knowledge check with hands &laptop

2) Finish exercises of 5.2

3) Check your work with the answersheet

Demographic consequences of migration

Mostly economic migration has a big influence on the size and composition of the population in the area of origin.

For example?

But political migration might also been seen in a population diagram.

Demography- describes the composition of the population.

2020

Which changes do you see between 2010 and 2015?

Remittances & labour migration

Remittances end up where?

Often used to invest in companies, education, healthcare, agriculture and housing by those who stayed behind.

Benefits of labour migration for countries of origin?

• Huge improvement in quality of life
• Unemployment rates drop

Drawbacks of labour migration for country of origin?

• Well educated and most enterprising people leave
• Neglect/underuse of agricultural land

Social-cultural consequences

Which social cultural consequences do we see in the country of origin?

• Those who remain hear good stories from the migrant and so aspirations grow. 
• People with a migrant in their family are seen to have a higher status in the community. (this means a change in the social stratification)
• The migrant shares new ideas and due to money people have the possibility to further modernize.
• Braindrain (emigration) / Braingain (return migration)

Social-cultural consequences

Which social cultural consequences do we see in the country of origin?

• Those who remain hear good stories from the migrant and so aspirations grow. 
• People with a migrant in their family are seen to have a higher status in the community. (this means a change in the social stratification)
• The migrant shares new ideas and due to money people have the possibility to further modernize.
• Braindrain (emigration) / Braingain (return migration)

What is brain gain?

Migration, development and return migration

The terms aspirations & capabilities, in combination with the level of development of a country, let's you predict whether it is likely that more people will migrate.

How do involuntarily returning migrants influence the status of their family?

What might cause voluntary return migration?

John sends money to his family in his original hometown and they improve the neighbourhood.

1. social stratification
2. remittance
3. brain drain
4. brain gain

Workbook exercises

Use 5.2

Make exercise 1-6

Finished? Show the teacher your workbook & receive permission to check your work with the answersheet!

How does the new area change?

1. population changes
2. multicultural society
3. segregation might occur
4. poverty always increases

These people are an axample of __________ people in the Dutch Society.

1. segregated
2. multicultural
3. emigrant
4. integrated

Name all the effects of migration in the country of origin.

Which three levels are looked at, when the effects of migration in the area of destination are examined?

A synonym for a 'host country' is:

What can cause stress for the migrant?

1. adapting to a society
2. higher wages
3. sending remmitances
4. wage penalties

Why do immigrants usually do jobs that require less skill?

Which group threatens the low-skilled workers' wages?

1. immigrants
2. high-skilled workers
3. emigrants
4. refugees

Skim p.92-93
Against what is this man protesting?