Activities
1. Migration in Europe: Where do they migrate to?
Portugal is not the only country in the European Union involved in migration – they all are – but it is the one losing most people by emigration.
Look at the table below which shows where the EU’s main migrant labour has moved from 1998–96.
| |
Number arriving at destination |
|
Home Country |
France |
Germany |
Netherlands |
|
Greece |
0 |
124,000 |
2,000 |
|
Italy |
138,000 |
280,000 |
8,000 |
|
Portugal |
436,000 |
51,000 |
4,000 |
|
Spain |
141,000 |
80,000 |
9,000 |
- Turn this information into a map to see what factors influence the journeys made. Use the outline map below. Draw thin or wide arrows for migrant flows, making your arrows show how small or large the flow is. Two have been done already.
- Then select as many of the explanations below as you like, providing they explain some of the things you notice on your map.
Outline Map
Statements
1. Greeks don’t migrate to France because they can’t speak French.
2. Fewer Portuguese go to Netherlands than to France because it is further away.
3. Spaniards don’t migrate to Portugal because Portugal is just as poor.
4. Germany and France receive more migrants than the Netherlands because they are much bigger countries and have more job opportunities.
5. Portuguese migrate mostly to France because it is the nearest, large prosperous country.
6. Portuguese migrants didn’t look for work in Italy because there were already too few jobs for the Italians.
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