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GCSE Geography · key term
Movement of people to live in another place within the same country.
Used by AQA, Edexcel and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: UK Population Distribution and City Case StudyNational migration means moving within the UK; international migration means crossing a national border to live elsewhere. Both have contributed to London’s growth.
Specification 4.4, 4.7 · Paper 2
A change in where someone lives within the same country.
National migration redistributes people within the UK; it does not directly increase the UK's total population.
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National migration takes place within the UK. Younger people are attracted to Birmingham by employment opportunities associated with investment in its central business district, including finance, retail and other services. These jobs are pull factors.
Movement to live elsewhere within the same country, such as moving from rural India to Mumbai.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Movement of people within one country, including movement from rural areas to cities.
Revise: Population growthNational migration means movement within India. Rural–urban migration is particularly important for Mumbai. Push factors encourage people to leave the countryside: crop failure can destroy a farming household's income, while small farmers may be forced off their land by landlords.
Movement of people between places within the same country, also called internal migration.
Specification 5.2a · Paper 2, Paper 3
Movement to live in a different place within the same country.
Revise: City Location, Importance and Migration PatternsNational migration is not only movement into London. Some families leave the capital, and some people move away when they retire. The combination of young adult arrivals and older residents leaving helps explain London’s distinctive age structure.