Migration

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Migration

• What is Migration? Where do people migrate? Why
  do people migrate?

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Migration

• Human migration is any movement made by humans
  from one place to another, often over long
  distances or in large groups.

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Types of Migration

• Migration can be
• Voluntary within one's region, country, or
  beyond,
• Involuntary (slave trade, human trafficking, etc)
  
• The people who migrate are called migrants,
  immigrants, emigrants or settlers depending on
  historical setting, circumstance and perspective.

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Which ones show voluntary and Involuntary
migration?
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Causes of Migration

• Why do people migrate?

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Causes of Migration

• Causes of migrations have changed over hundreds
  of years. Some cases are constant, but some of
  them are not.
• In general we can divide factors into two groups
  Push and Pull Factors.

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PUSH FACTORS
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Push Factors

• A push factor is generally a problem that causes
  you to migrate to another country. For example
• Poor Medical Care.
• Not enough jobs.
• Few opportunities.
• Political fear/wars
• Fear of torture and mistreatment
• Not being able to practice religion
• Loss of wealth
• Natural Disasters
• Famine
• Colonization

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PULL FACTORS
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Pull Factors

• Pull Factors are the characteristics from another
  country/place/city that attracts people to move
  there.
• Chances of getting a job
• Better living standards
• Enjoyment
• Education
• Better Medical Care
• Security
• Family Links

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Definition of Terms

• Emigration leaving one's native country to live
  in another
• Immigration arriving to live in a new country
• Forced migration the coerced movement of a
  person or persons away from their home or home
  region.
• Free migration a belief that people should be
  able to migrate to whatever country they choose,
  free of barriers

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Definition of Terms (2)

• Illegal migration immigration that defies the
  laws of the arrival country
• Mass migration the movement of a large group of
  people from one geographical area to another
• Political migration a migration motivated
  primarily by political interests
• Rural-urban migration the moving of people from
  rural areas into cities.