Global Migration | OCR A-Level Geography (H481)
Global Migration
- 159 questions
- 12 subtopics
- Component 02: Human interactions, the compulsory places topic plus one of each optional pair
- Component 02
Global Migration is examined in Component 02, Human interactions.
It covers the global migrant population: size, composition and direction of flow, inter-regional and intra-regional flows, and the world's major migration corridors, remittances, the Human Development Index and the migration-development link, migration as a driver of stability, growth and development, inequality, conflict and injustice in the global migration system, economic globalisation and the emergence of new source and host areas, young workers, women migrants and the growth of South-South movement, conflict, persecution and the world's refugee movements, national immigration and emigration policy, and how it is changing, mexico: an emerging economy shaped by a migration corridor, the United Kingdom: an advanced country driving change in the migration system and nepal: a low-income country with little leverage over its migration.
Sample questions from Global Migration
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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The global migrant population: size, composition and direction of flow
The world's migrant population has more than tripled since 1970 while total world population has roughly doubled. What does that comparison show?
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It shows migration is growing faster than population, so a rising share of humanity now lives outside its country of birth. -
Inter-regional and intra-regional flows, and the world's major migration corridors
In the United Arab Emirates, roughly what share of the population was born abroad?
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Around 88%, one of the highest proportions of any country in the world. -
Migration as a driver of stability, growth and development
How does the movement of people also move technology and ideas?
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Returning and connected migrants transfer skills, business practices, technologies and political expectations acquired abroad back to their home countries. -
Inequality, conflict and injustice in the global migration system
How can emigration damage a rural community in a source country?
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The loss of young adults leaves an ageing population, land falling out of cultivation, and schools and services closing for want of users. -
Young workers, women migrants and the growth of South-South movement
Which country is the best-known example of a state that has organised the export of women's labour?
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The Philippines, whose domestic workers, nurses and carers work across the Gulf, East Asia, Europe and North America. -
Conflict, persecution and the world's refugee movements
Which conflict produced the fastest-growing refugee movement in Europe since the Second World War?
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The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which sent more than six million people abroad within a year. -
Mexico: an emerging economy shaped by a migration corridor
Roughly how much did Mexico receive in remittances in 2023?
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Around $63 billion, one of the largest remittance incomes in the world and close to 4% of national output. -
The United Kingdom: an advanced country driving change in the migration system
Describe the border challenge posed by small boat crossings of the English Channel.
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Tens of thousands of people have crossed in inflatable boats, more than 45,000 in 2022 alone, creating danger at sea and heavy pressure on the asylum system.
The 12 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| The global migrant population: size, composition and direction of flow | Recall questions on who counts as an international migrant, the size and growth of the global migrant population, migrant stocks, flows and net migration, the United States as the largest host and India as the largest source, the age and sex composition of migrants, Europe as a destination, voluntary and forced migration, and the direction of flows. | 13 |
| Inter-regional and intra-regional flows, and the world's major migration corridors | Recall questions on inter-regional and intra-regional migration, migration corridors and chain migration, the Mexico to United States and India to United Arab Emirates corridors, movement into South Africa and Thailand, Gulf labour migration, the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, transport and communications, and why migration is not simply poor to rich. | 13 |
| Remittances, the Human Development Index and the migration-development link | Recall questions on remittances, their scale and India as the largest recipient, the Human Development Index and its range, remittances as an indicator and as dependable income, the migration hump and mobility transition, why the poorest rarely migrate, recording problems, transfer fees, and the risks of remittance dependence. | 13 |
| Migration as a driver of stability, growth and development | Recall questions on how migration eases labour shortages, brain circulation, Mexican hometown associations, relief of pressure in source countries, transfer of technology and ideas, diasporas and trade, remittances against aid, migrant investment, education, political stability between countries, and replacement migration. | 12 |
| Inequality, conflict and injustice in the global migration system | Recall questions on brain drain and health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa, the kafala system, people smuggling and human trafficking, irregular migrants and the central Mediterranean route, social tension in destination countries, emigration from rural communities, remittances and village inequality, migrant job losses, and unequal power between countries. | 13 |
| Economic globalisation and the emergence of new source and host areas | Recall questions on how globalisation of production created new destinations, Spain's shift from source to host, Malaysia as a new host, global cities and their hourglass labour markets, the private recruitment industry, free trade agreements, new source areas such as Nepal and Bangladesh, limits on labour mobility, and intra-company transfers. | 12 |
| Young workers, women migrants and the growth of South-South movement | Recall questions on the age and sex profile of Gulf labour migrants, why migrants are young, the feminisation of migration, domestic and health care work, the Philippines, global care chains, the abuse of women migrants, and the scale, growth, undercounting and remittance value of South-South migration. | 12 |
| Conflict, persecution and the world's refugee movements | Recall questions on the legal definition of a refugee and the 1951 Refugee Convention, non-refoulement, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons, global displacement, Syrian refugees in Türkiye, neighbouring host countries, the Rohingya at Cox's Bazar, Ukrainian and Venezuelan displacement, environmental refugees, and protracted refugee situations. | 15 |
| National immigration and emigration policy, and how it is changing | Recall questions on points-based systems and Canada's first, skilled and unskilled routes, guest worker schemes and West Germany's Turkish workers, free movement in the European Union and its end in the United Kingdom, emigration policy in the Philippines, restricting emigration, redirected flows, ECOWAS free movement, and non-binding agreements. | 14 |
| Mexico: an emerging economy shaped by a migration corridor | Recall questions on Mexican emigration to the United States and why it has slowed, Mexico as a transit and destination country, remittances and hometown associations, economic, political, social and environmental interdependence with the United States, effects on rural communities and equality, transit migration, and Mexico's leverage. | 14 |
| The United Kingdom: an advanced country driving change in the migration system | Recall questions on the foreign-born population of England and Wales, record net migration, the points-based system and skilled worker route, the European Union Settlement Scheme, migrant labour in the NHS and agriculture, health worker recruitment, the Common Travel Area, small boat crossings, third-country processing, and British emigration. | 14 |
| Nepal: a low-income country with little leverage over its migration | Recall questions on Nepali labour migration to Malaysia, the Gulf states and India, remittances and the 2015 earthquake, falling poverty, no objection certificates for students, the loss of skilled workers, protection of migrant workers, bans on women's domestic work, debt bondage, social costs in rural villages, and dependence on few destinations. | 14 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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