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Aphg 3.3

People migrate for several reasons: Push factors induce people to leave their home location due to problems like economic hardship or environmental disasters, while pull factors attract people to new locations with opportunities. Most migration is driven by economic factors as people seek better jobs and wages. However, political instability or human rights violations also cause over 10 million refugees and asylum seekers to flee to other countries annually according to the UN. Environmental changes like drought can also displace hundreds of thousands when damaging agriculture and livelihoods. Both developed and developing regions experience immigration as people move to places with stronger economic prospects, higher wages, or temporary work opportunities despite lower pay than native-born workers.

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Aphg 3.3

People migrate for several reasons: Push factors induce people to leave their home location due to problems like economic hardship or environmental disasters, while pull factors attract people to new locations with opportunities. Most migration is driven by economic factors as people seek better jobs and wages. However, political instability or human rights violations also cause over 10 million refugees and asylum seekers to flee to other countries annually according to the UN. Environmental changes like drought can also displace hundreds of thousands when damaging agriculture and livelihoods. Both developed and developing regions experience immigration as people move to places with stronger economic prospects, higher wages, or temporary work opportunities despite lower pay than native-born workers.

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3.3 Why Do People Migrate?

Reasons For Migration


o Push Factor- induces people to move out of their present location
o Pull Factor- induces people to move into a new location
o Ravensteins laws
Says most people migrate for economic reasons, politic &
environmental factors also induce migration but not as much as $$
o United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
Refugee- forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects
of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violation of
human rights, or other disasters and cannot return for fear or
persecution bc of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social
group, or political opinion
Internally displaced person (IDP)- forced to migrate for similar
reasons, just stays within one country
Asylum seeker- someone who has migrated to another country in
the hope of being recognized as a refugee
UN counted 10.6 million refugees, 14.7 million IDPs, and 838,000
asylum seekers in 2010. Also that 198,000 refugees and 2.8
million IDPs returned home in 2010.
o Environmental Push/Pull Factors
People move where its pretty
People move where resources are available
Foodplain- of a river is the area subject to flooding during a
specific # of years, based on historical trend
In Sahel region on Africa, hundreds of thousands have left because
drought conditions.
Migrating to Find Work
o Economic Push/Pull Factors
Job factors are huge
US and Canada are prominent destinations for economic migrants
Many Latin Americans and Asians go to North America
Ireland is an example of changing economic push/pull factors bc
people left bc terrible economy, then people went in, and now
people are going out again
Sometimes hard to distinguish economic vs government
persecution migration
Prominent forms of temporary work are found in Europe or Asia
o Europes Migrant Workers
Out of worlds 16 countries w/ highest per capita income, 14 are in
Northern and Western Europe
Hella people migrate here bc of it

Although theyre low paid, theyre getting more paid there


then at home
Guest workers- temporarily work in a different country to
obtain money
Turkey and North America are leading for guest workers
o Asias Migrant Workers
China
Approximately 40 million Chinese live in other countries
o 30 million live in Southeast Asia
o 5 million in North America
o 2 million in Europe
Southwest Asia
Wealthy oil-producing countries bring in workers

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