Push Factors from the country of destination

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 495.

Pull factors of the country of origin

Push factors from the country of origin

Voluntary migration examples

Forced migration examples

· Natural disaster (volcano, earthquake, flood, famine etc.)

· War

· Political persecution

· Religious or ethnic persecution

· Redevelopment or resettlement e.g. Three Gorges Dam

· New job or better pay

· Retirement

· University/school

· Healthcare

· Better weather

Emigrant: A person who leaves a country to migrate to another.

Immigrant: A migrant arriving in a new country.

Migration Balance: The difference between emigrants and immigrants. If a country has more emigrants than immigrants that it is experiencing net migration loss. If a country has more immigrants than emigrants then it is experiencing net migration gain.

Push Factor: Things that are driving you from the location that you live e.g. crime and pollution

Pull Factor: Things that are attracting you to a new location e.g. better job and nice weather.

· No job

· Low salary

· Pollution and congestion

· Bad weather

· Crime

· Poor education and healthcare

· Poor housing

· Friends and family

· House

· Know the culture

· Understand the language

· Understand how country works

· Cost of housing

· Racial tension

· Language barriers

· Different culture

· No friends and family