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OCR A Level Geography Global Migration Summary - 3a (Global migration creates opportunities and challenges which reflect the unequal power relations between countries - Laos)

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Summary of part 3a from Chapter 7 (Global Migration) of Michael Raw's OCR A Level Geography textbook which is linked to this document

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2.2. What are the issues associated with unequal flows of global
migration? Opportunities created by migration:

 Economical and political cooperation w
 3a. Global migration creates opportunities and challenges which - Strongest bilateral corridor in SE A
reflect the unequal power relations between countries (Laos) - They are both members of the
Southeast Asia which promote coo
- 4 friendship bridges between Tha
transport of heavy goods on rout
 Located in the centre of the South-East Asian peninsula
economy
 Landlocked country bordered by China and Myanmar (North), - In 2012, the Thai government agre
Vietnam to (East), Cambodia (South) and Thailand and the - The first loan of more than 718 m
Mekong river (West) Phudu in Thailand's Uttaradit P
 HDI was 0.604 (2018). From 1990 – 2018 it increased by 51% infrastructure will benefit Laos m
(0.399-0.604) easier for people to migrate
 90% of Lao people are living off $1.25 per day
 Remittances sent back to friends and f
 More than 60% of children are malnourished and anaemic - In 2017, $124 million was sent in re
 23% of Laos people are still living at or below the poverty line - Around 10% of households in Lao
 The politics of Lao People’s Democratic Republic takes place in the household income
framework of a one-party socialist republic party - Remittances in Laos are projected
by the Covid-19 pandemic
- More than 100,000 Lao migrant wo

Patterns of immigration:  Improved skills and work experience (e
Patterns of emigration:
- A significant aspect of their migra
gained work discipline including a s
 Net migration rate of -140,500 as of 2015 (-3.4 migrants per 1000  In 2015 – 45,000 immigrants,
- Many workers got more skilled w
population) although this is an increase since workers about their workplace, an
 Thailand is the most popular host country, an estimated 288,000 Laotian 2005 the numbers remain low in terms of knowing other persons w
- Therefore, many migrants return t
people live there, however the registration rate among Lao migrants is 1 of comparison to emigration, of the country and in the long term
the lowest in Thailand, so the number is probably much higher, maybe  Migration to Laos from
500,000 neighbouring countries, Challenges created by migration:
 Some benefits of migrating to Thailand include: especially Vietnam, is largely the  Human trafficking and forced labour (e
- Daily minimum wage in Thailand is 300 baht (£7.50), 80 baht (£2) in result of employment - Lao women and young girls were
Laos opportunities in the government- and domestic work. From 2001 -
female victims than male
- Low levels of education in Laos - many are suited only to unskilled jobs, driven, World Bank-funded
- Vahn was desperate to earn mo
but there is high demand for unskilled labour in Thailand’s fast- programmes. Many Vietnamese uneducated 15-year old, Vahn wa

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