Immigration can be defined as movement of people from the country of their origin, in which they possess citizenship to another country with the goal to stay there in order to work, educate themselves or simply be domiciled there on a permanent basis. Those who do so are referred to as immigrants by the country which they enter. Emigration is the act of moving abroad and leaving one’s native country to settle somewhere outside the national borders.
Refugees are people who are forced to leave their countries because of various causes such as war, economic crisis, environmental issues or other problems.
2. Different reasons for migration
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Additionally political immigrants are looking for safety and having a home in which they can feel protected.
Environmental migrants strive after a fulfilment of their physiological needs like food, water and sleep, but also safety and stability.
3.The impact of migration is felt globally, regionally and locally.
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Give a suitable example of each for: i. emigration [3 marks]
Locally: the number of schools, hospitals etc will decrease due to the decline of demand.
Regionally: there will be a deficit of people at working age, a decrease in level of production.
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Due to the increase of the households more money will enter the circular flow of income considering the fact that all people have essential spending on food, housing, clothing and so on. This leaves us with an increased consumption of goods which are purchased from firms that will have increased financial profits from which they will pay more taxes to the government. The governments spending will increase as well since the demand for social transfers will grow. The government whose budget is prospering due to the higher taxes paid by the firms will be able to afford governmental purchases from the same firms and by that contribute to the firms’ economic growth even more. However the firms pay wages, dividends, interest, profits and rent to the households and as the production increases, so does the expenditure on wages to the people. When people then receive their income as a payment from the firms they will again, be able to spend the money and in that way the money is flowing in the circular flow