Individuals and Societies 9 

Crook 
Human Geography 
 
Why do people migrate? What are the effects of migration? How does migration affect 
communities? 
 

How can migration affect countries positively? Negatively?  

Use this link: 

http://eschooltoday.com/migration/the-pull-and-push-factors-of-migration.html 
to get an idea of general benefits and costs of the migration process. 
 
 
Positive effects of migration:  Negative effects of migration: 
● On the home country?  ● On the home country? 
○ Remittances   ○ Loss of skilled labour 
○ Higher quality of life  ○ Population and markets 
● On the destination country?  ○ Social/Family 
○ Cheap Labour  ● On the destination country? 
○ Skilled Labour  ○ Job loss 
○ Cultural Diversity  ○ Discrimination/Racism 
○ Social/Civil Pressure 
  ○ Breakdown of culture and 
  traditions 
  ○ Diseases 
 
 
Refer to our Nepal article one more time: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/world/asia/in-nepal-a-better-life-with-a-steep-price.ht
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What are the benefits and costs involved in this Nepali example of migration? Please 
complete the blank chart below. 

Use this link: 

http://eschooltoday.com/migration/the-pull-and-push-factors-of-migration.html​ and/or the 
attached chart to get an idea of general benefits and costs of the migration process. 
 
  Benefits  Costs  

For NEPAL  ● Remittances add to  ● Loss of workers in Nepal 

(the home  increase of GDP   because they all move to the 
country)  ● More economic stability   Gulf countries  
○ Better quality of life  ● Returnees have higher rates 
○ More houses, adn  of H.I.V. and AIDS 
better schools for  ● Lose some customs or 
example  traditions 
● Women venture from  ● Hurts domestic production  
home more frequently,  ● High inflation of currency  
make more family 
decisions and have fewer 
babies 
● People are more 
mannered  

For QATAR  ● More workers to help build  ● Population increase  

and other  the football stadium for  ● Pollution  
Gulf  the Fifa World Cup 2022 
countries   
   
(the   
destination   
countries)