1.3 Migration
Classify migration and evaluate its causes, impacts, management, ethics and representation.
How to study WJEC GCSE Geography
Move from place and process to mapped or numerical evidence, explain inter-relationships across scale, and finish with a supported geographical judgement.
Core concepts
Concept 1
1.3.1 Forced or voluntary, international or national, regular or irregular migration and source/host push-pull factors
Exam cue: Confirm the current WJEC unit, numbered content area, geographical scale, named context and assessment form before selecting evidence.
Concept 2
1.3.2 Impacts on migrants, source and host countries, including cohesion, integration, remittances, segregation and cultural spread
Exam cue: Distinguish source, host and migrant perspectives and support impacts with named, ethically framed evidence.
Concept 3
1.3.3 Management strategies, human rights, public perceptions and media influence
Exam cue: Use mapped, numerical, graphical, fieldwork or source evidence to explain process and inter-relationship, then make a scale- and context-aware judgement.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using outdated or judgemental terminology, or treating every migrant experience and host/source impact as identical.
Guardrail: Do not import legacy or Eduqas structures, invent an option split or make claims that exceed the named evidence and assessment controls.
Importing the legacy WJEC 3110 structure, an Eduqas option pattern or an England 9-1 grading convention.
Guardrail: Do not import legacy or Eduqas structures, invent an option split or make claims that exceed the named evidence and assessment controls.
Treating an annual Unit 2 theme, local example or Unit 4 Resource Pack as a separate qualification or a compulsory option for every learner.
Guardrail: Use one centre-selected theme valid for the submission year; do not split themes into separate qualifications or replace the live Assessment Pack with guidance examples.
Memory anchors
migration
Movement of people that changes their usual place of residence.
push factor
A condition encouraging departure from a source area.
pull factor
A condition attracting a migrant toward a host area.
remittance
Money a migrant sends to people in the source country.
integration
Participation in a shared society while identities and relationships develop.
irregular migration
Movement or residence outside the applicable migration rules.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
Which movement is internal migration within Wales?
What percentage moved to Cardiff?
Answer all questions to submit.
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