Spot checks 210 + task 2 page 211

a)   There are 214 million people in the world that have moved from their own country to live in another.

b)   The reasons why people immigrant can be many, but some important ones can be because of war, education abroad, work or a better future.

c)    In 2010 there were 13 555 thousand Norwegian students who studied abroad.

d)   The UK is a preferred place to study for Norwegians because of the top-level universities and only a brief distance by flight.

e)   Positive effects of Europe´s high degree of mobility of workers are that they can support their families, workers can go where the jobs are and contribute with their labour.

Negative effects of Europe´s high degree of mobility of workers are; it has made it harder to get a job and domestic workforces can feel threatened by a heavy influx of foreign workers, who may be willing to work for lower wages. 

in 2014 there were 17 000 Norwegian students studying abroad.  

http://www.ssb.no/en/utdanning/statistikker/utuvh/aar/2015-05-04

Tasks

2 a)

•  The gender trends of Norwegians studying abroad are that there are a higher number of females. 

• There were more Norwegian studens studying abroad in 2000/01 compared to 2009/10. I am not sure of the reason for this. Maybe young people are more scared now, people are more dependent of their parents. and maybe the prices were different (not that expensive).

 b)   - There are more women who's studying abroad. 

       -  People took more risks in 2000/2001.

       - UK is the most popular country to go to study.