Patterns of Migration (J410/11) - When immigrant groups arrived, why and…

The idea

This topic asks you to link two things for each migrant group in the period you study: the place of origin and the reason for movement. A strong answer names a specific source country or region, then gives the push or pull factor that explains the move. For example, people arriving from the Caribbean in the decades after the Second World War came partly because British employers and public services recruited workers and because the 1948 British Nationality Act confirmed their right to settle, while limited economic opportunity at home acted as a push factor. Learn origins and causes as a matched pair, and be ready to choose the option that correctly joins a named origin to a valid reason rather than a plausible-sounding but mismatched one.

What earns the marks

• Names a specific country or region of origin and links it to a valid push or pull reason for migration.
• Distinguishes a push factor operating in the country of origin from a pull factor operating in Britain.
• Rejects an option that pairs a real origin with a reason belonging to a different migrant group.
• Identifies recruitment, legislation or economic hardship as a reason only where it genuinely applies to the named group.

Common mistakes and how to put them right

• Treats every migrant group as sharing one single cause.

  Put it right: Match each named origin to its own specific reason.

• Confuses a push factor with a pull factor.

  Put it right: State clearly whether the cause lay in the home country or in Britain.

• Accepts an option because the country name looks familiar.

  Put it right: Check that the stated reason actually fits that group.

Exam tips

• Read all options before choosing, because several may name real countries.
• Ask yourself for each option whether the reason truly belongs to that origin.
• Revise origins and reasons as paired facts so recall is quick under time pressure.