Push and Pull Immigration

Push/Pull Factors of Migration

What is Migration?

​Emigrate vs. Immigrant

Migration means movement from one place to another. People have migrated for thousands of years. A person who leaves their home is called an emigrant. We say they emigrated from their country. A person who arrives in a new country is an immigrant. We say they immigrated to a new country. They sound similar but have different meanings.

Leaves=emigrate
Arrives=immigrate

Multiple Choice

A person who LEAVES their home country is a

• emigrant

• brave person

• immigrant

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​ Migration means ​

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Why do people migrate?

​Push Factors

Push factors are reasons for migration. Push factors are negative conditions that drive people to leave their home.

Why do people migrate?

Pull Factors

Pull Factors are positive reason a person would want to live in a new area/country. Pull factors are always positive.

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Haiti is a country in the Caribbean Sea. The government of Haiti has collapsed. Gangs are overtaking the capital city. This is an example of a

• push factor

• pull factor

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Houston, TX is the fourth largest city in America. It has great weather, world-class professional sports, hundreds of restaurants and stores and it's near the beach!

• Pull factor

• Push factor

Categorize

Options (6)

Medical Centers

Good Schools

Freedom to speak your mind

Forced religion

Lack of food

War

Organize these options into the right categories

Pull Factors

Push Factors

Multiple Choice

Mr. Lombard's Great-Great-Grandmother was born in Poland and moved to the US permanently in 1911. Mr. Lombard's Great-Great-Grandmother is a(n) ________. 

• immigrant to the US and an emigrant from Poland
• emigrant from the US and an immigrant to Poland 
• immigrant to both the US and Poland 
• refugee and a migrant from the US 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of forced migration?

• Africans being taken from Africa to be sold into slavery
• A family moving to the US from Mexico in search of work
• Europeans establishing colonies in the New World
• People leaving Benin for better farming conditions 

Multiple Choice

How would you describe Human Migration?

• Movement of animals from one place to another
• People staying in their own country
• Movement of people from one place to another
• I have no idea

Multiple Choice

positive aspects that attract people to move to a place

• Push Factor

• Emigration

• Pull Factor

• migration

​Forced Migration

There have been times in history when people were kidnapped and taken from their country. One example of this is the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Africans were kidnapped and forced onto ships. They were transported against their will to the "New World" where they were forced into labor. This is referred to as forced migration.

Multiple Choice

negative things that make people want to move to a new area

• Migration

• Immigration

• Push factor

• Pull factor

​What is a refugee?

A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country due to war, persecution or natural disaster. They must seek safety elsewhere. They are unable to return due to fear of their lives because of their beliefs, who they are. or what they say or do, or perhaps their home area has been destroyed due to natural disaster or climate change.

Multiple Choice

You were offered a better job in another state. Is this a push or pull factor?

• Pull

• Push

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Your home was destroyed by a tornado and you need to move. What is this a push or pull factor?

• Pull

• Push

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Famine, drought, and crop failure has hit you land. Your family is starving. Is this a push or pull factor?

• Push

• Pull

Multiple Choice

positive aspects that attract people to move to a place

• Push Factor

• Emigration

• Pull Factor

• migration