- Answer all 15 questions in the spaces provided.
- Section A — Write short definitions or facts.
- Section B — Write short explanations (3–5 sentences per question).
- Section C — Write extended answers. Multi-part questions are labelled (a), (b), (c) — answer each part separately.
Define the term economic migrant.
State the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee.
State two push factors that can force people to leave their home country.
State two pull factors that attract people to move to a new country.
Name the country of origin and the destination country in the international migration case study covered in your notes.
Explain what brain drain means and describe one negative effect it has on the country of origin.
Explain why remittances are considered a positive impact of migration on the country of origin. Use the case study from your notes in your answer.
Describe two ways in which a large influx of migrants can cause problems for the destination country.
Explain why development aid to origin countries is considered a more sustainable strategy for managing international migration than border controls.
For the case study in your notes, describe one positive and one negative impact that migration has had on the migrants themselves.
(a) What type of migrant are the members of this family?
(b) If their application is approved, what type of migrant do they become?
(c) Explain two reasons why people in this situation might find the journey or the waiting period difficult.
(a) Describe two strategies that governments use to manage international migration.
(b) Choose one of the strategies you described in (a). Evaluate its effectiveness by giving one strength and one limitation.
(a) Describe two push factors and two pull factors that explain the movement of people in the case study from your notes.
(b) Describe two impacts of this migration on the country of origin. Include at least one positive and one negative impact.
Describe the impacts of the migration covered in your case study on each of the following groups. Give at least one positive and one negative impact for each group.
(a) The migrants themselves
(b) The country of origin
(c) The destination country
“Stopping migrants at the border is not enough — governments must also tackle the reasons why people migrate in the first place.”
(a) Describe one short-term strategy used to manage international migration and evaluate its effectiveness.
(b) Describe one long-term, sustainable strategy and explain why it is considered more effective in the long run.
