Human Migration: Push & Pull Factors

What is migration?

• The movement of a person or groups from one territory to another

• The movement of goods and services between countries

• The movement of capital and commodities

• The movement of laborers from underprivileged communities

How can migration be classified?

• Involuntary or voluntary, long-term or short-term

• Political, environmental, cultural, and economic

• Internal, external, immigration, and emigration

• Push and pull factors

What are push factors in migration?

• Factors that motivate people to leave their places

• Factors that attract people to their place of destination

• Factors related to political stability and good government services

• Factors related to natural calamities and bad climate

What are pull factors in migration?

• Factors that motivate people to leave their places

• Factors that attract people to their place of destination

• Factors related to political stability and good government services

• Factors related to natural calamities and bad climate

What are some examples of push factors in political migration?

• War, social unrest, and corruption

• Racial discrimination and bad educational system

• Unemployment and poverty

• Good living condition and job opportunities

What are some examples of pull factors in political migration?

• War, social unrest, and corruption

• Racial discrimination and bad educational system

• Unemployment and poverty

• Good living condition and job opportunities

What are some examples of push factors in environmental migration?

• War, social unrest, and corruption

• Racial discrimination and bad educational system

• Unemployment and poverty

• Natural calamities like earthquakes and typhoons

What are some examples of pull factors in environmental migration?

• War, social unrest, and corruption

• Racial discrimination and bad educational system

• Unemployment and poverty

• Good climate

What are some examples of push factors in cultural migration?

• War, social unrest, and corruption

• Racial discrimination and bad educational system

• Unemployment and poverty

• Natural calamities like earthquakes and typhoons

What are some examples of pull factors in cultural migration?

• War, social unrest, and corruption

• Racial discrimination and bad educational system

• Equal respect for religion and presence of family and friends

• Good climate