Migration

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What is immigration?
Movement of people into an area
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What is emigration?
Movement of people out of an area
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What is net migration?
Difference in number of immigrating and number of emigrating people
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Outline the change in immigration since 1900?
Until WW2, the largest group were Irish, then Eastern and Central European Jews (fleeing persecution), then the Canadians and Americans. Very few people were non-white
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Outline the change in emigration since 1900?
From 16th Century until 1980: UK was a net exporter of people. Since 1900: emigrants have gone to USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
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What is meant by a push factor?
Something making you want to move away from an area
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What is meant by a pull factor?
Something making you want to move into an area
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What is the impact of mighration on UK population structure?
Increase in immigration and emigration affects the size of the population, age structure and dependency ratio.
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What is emigration?

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Movement of people out of an area

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What is net migration?

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Outline the change in immigration since 1900?

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Outline the change in emigration since 1900?

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