Memory Wall

Country of
origin

Emigration

Pull
factor

Economic
migration

Asylum
seeker

Country of
destination

Immigration

Push
factor

Voluntary
migration

What are the impacts of migration?

Who is this famous

migrant?
Where did he move
from and to?

Lesson objectives
To be able to describe the impacts of
migration.
To be able to classify the impacts of
migration.

The impacts of international migration

Migration has an impact on the country
that the migrant leaves (the country of
origin) and on the country that the migrant
moves to (the country of destination).
The impacts on both countries can be
positive or negative.

What can you describe about this migration?

1.
2.

Classify the migration.

What are the benefits / problems for the country of origin or the
country of destination (host country)?

Jana Susinkova came to the UK in 2002 with her Czech boyfriend.

She was only 18 and he a little older. She worked as a domestic
cleaner, undercutting the level local women charged by at least 1
per hour. She had enough work to keep busy 6 days a week. Her
boyfriend was a mechanic and odd-job man, and his job provided
accommodation for them.

Late in 2011 Jana returned home to Slovakia. Her boyfriend had

already left to find a job in the Czech Republic, where the growing
economy offered increasing opportunities for skilled people. While
in the UK they saved enough money to buy materials and labour to
build a 4-bedroom house in the Czech Republic, giving them an
excellent start to their married life. Janas English had become
fluent, so she quickly found a well-paid job where she uses it
everyday.

Impacts of migration
Decide which are:
advantages (benefits)
disadvantages (problems)
Migrants bring new or special
skills

Family separation especially

husbands from family

Transfer of knowledge so
economic development can
occur in the receiving country

Increase in cultural/racial
tension and/or discrimination

Brings new ideas, cultures e.g.

music, art, fashion and festivals

Strain on resources for the host

country e.g. public services

Loss of the younger people from

the workforce

Money sent back to families

(remittances)

Willing to take the jobs local

people wont

Loss of trained or skilled people

from the country of birth

Who are the

migrants
and why are
they
moving?

Which migration is most likely to:

No.

Statement

A or B

Justification of choice

be a result of a natural disaster

Mass of people migrating moving to safety

be a voluntary movement

People may want a change of job/scenery,

they are not fearing their lives

be an economic migration

lead to money being sent back to

A and B Money earnt in host country could be sent

Look quite wealthy

families (remittances) in the

back to families. E.g. A earn more money, B

country of origin

support those in a war zone

result in family separation

A and B A move to a new job away from family and B

forced migration due to war/natural disaster