Enduring Understanding
Changes in population are due to mortality, fertility, and migration, which are influenced by the interplay of environmental, economic, cultural, and political factors.
Essential Knowledge
Forced migrations include slavery and events that produce refugees, internally displaced persons, and asylum seekers.
Types of voluntary migrations include transnational, transhumance, internal, chain, step, guest worker, and rural-to-urban
Effects on the Origin Country
- Brain drain: Loss of skilled workers.
- Population decline: Especially in rural or aging regions.
- Remittances: Migrants send money home, supporting local economies.
Effects on the Destination Country
- Labor supply: Fills workforce gaps, often in low-wage sectors.
- Cultural diversity: Increases cultural exchange, but may cause social tension.
- Strain on resources: More demand for housing, healthcare, schools.
Examples
- India & Philippines → remittances are major parts of GDP.
- U.S. → migrant labor supports agriculture and service industries.
- Europe → Syrian refugees increased diversity but sparked political debates.
Contextualization
Video #1: Forced Migration
This video provides insight into the plight of forced migration
Refugees and Beyond: Rethinking Forced Migration
Video #2: Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Syria & Europe
In this video, John Green breaks down the recent refugee crisis in Syria
Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World
Video #3: What does it mean to be a refugee?
This video breaks down who refugees are, how one is designated as a refugee, and what that means for migration.
What does it mean to be a refugee? – Benedetta Berti and Evelien Borgman
Video #4: Emigration on the US Agriculture Industry
This video breaks down the way that increasing regulation over immigration can pose economic concerns for US agricultural communities
The immigration impact on the agriculture industry
In Practice
Essential Question
Describe types of forced and voluntary migration
Conceptual Analysis Questions
(FRQ Practice)
As economic pressures, conflict, and climate crisis push more and more people to leave their home countries, the economic, cultural, and social consequences of migration are felt by both countries of origin and the destination countries.
(A) Identify ONE economic consequence of migration.
(B) Identify ONE cultural consequence of migration, using a specific country as an example.
(C) Define the term remittances and explain their effect on countries of origin and destination countries
(D) Compare the terms skills gap and brain drain and explain how each term relates to the consequences of migration.
(E) Define the term relocation diffusion and identify an example of it in the United States.
(F) Describe how attitudes toward immigration might effect a community if a group of immigrants were to move into that community.
(G) Explain the economic, cultural, and social consequences of emigration from a poor agricultural community
Vocab Review
Provide a shorthand working definition for each of the following terms. This means it needs to be in YOUR OWN WORDS.
- Asylum
- Forced Migration
- Remittances
- Intervening Obstacles
- Internally Displaced Person
- Refugees
- Voluntary migration
MCQ:
(You only need to write the letter for the answer you select).
1. Which of the following is a positive effect of migration on origin countries?
A. Brain drain
B. Population decline
C. Remittances
D. Shortage of workers
E. Increased dependency ratios
2. A large influx of migrants to a destination country can result in:
A. Fewer cultural influences
B. Decreased need for housing
C. Increased cultural diversity
D. Declining labor supply
E. Lower demand for schools
3. Which best describes the impact of labor migration on Gulf States like Qatar and the UAE?
A. Rapid emigration of citizens
B. Increased reliance on foreign workers in construction and services
C. Reduced population density in urban areas
D. Decline in economic output due to fewer workers
E. Lower diversity due to migration restrictions