1. Leaving home, getting home
MIGRATION
Leaving home, getting home

2. Migration: the movement of individuals from one place to another (it can be temporal or permanent)
If you emigrate, you leave your own country. People who emigrate are called emigrants. The act of emigrating is called emigration.
If you immigrate to a country, you go to live in that country. People that arrive in a country are called immigrants. The act is called immigration.

3. Leaving and arriving

4. Causes for migration Push factors Pull factors unemployment, poverty
better-paid jobs
war, crime
safety
political persecution
tolerance
drought, flooding
good climate

5. Refugees
A refugee is a person who leaves his or her country to escape persecution because of their race, religion, nationality or political opinion, or war. They are also called asylum seekers in the country where they want to live.

6. A closer look

7. Consequences of migration
Origin country
Destination +
Less need for resources
Reception of money
More workers
Younger population
Increased diversity (racial and cultural) --
Loss of workforce
Older population
Loss of money (transfer to origin)
Less resources
Jobs occupied by immigrants
Racial or cultural tensions

8. Answers to migration In the country of origin:
Foreign investment
Peace operations
In the receiving country:
Border control
Tougher immigration laws

9. Information comes from
Secondary school lesson
Interactive maps about migration (2005 information)
Causes of migration and refugees
Immigration in countries
Countries which have the most immigrants (you can check the list by total of immigrants or by percentage over population)