Population movements

By | 23 January 2012
Grade 10 CAPS > Population > > Population movements

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1. Kinds of population movement: international migration, emigration, immigration.
2. Regional migration, rural-urban migration, urbanisation, voluntary and forced migration.

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International movements (Aircraft)

Pro and Cons of Immigration.

3. Causes and effects of population movements.

Causes:- Push and Pull factors

4. Temporary and permanent movements including: migrant labour, economic migrants, political migrants, and refugees.

Nancefield Migrant Workers Hostel, Soweto

George Goch Hostel, Johannesburg

5. Attitudes to migrants and refugees.

Illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe:

Xenophobia

Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

6. More reading

Total number of international immigrants, 2020

South Africa Reckons with Its Status as a Top Immigration Destination, Apartheid History, and Economic Challenges

White South Africans are leaving the country in their thousands: Stats SA

https://www.migrationdataportal.org/regional-data-overview/southern-africa

 

 
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