1. Migration
Geography 9A

2. What is Migration?
Migration is the movement of persons from one country or locality (place) to another
A migrant is a person that moves from one place to another
Emigration is migration from a location
Immigration is migration to a location

3. What Geographers Study
Geographers document FROM where people migrate and TO where they migrate.
They also study reasons that people migrate

4. Push – Pull Factors
People decide to migrate because of push factors and pull factors.
A push factor induces people to move out of their present location
A pull factor induces people to move into a new location.

5. Push - Pull Factors
There are three major types of push- pull factors that cause people to migrate:
Economic opportunity
Cultural freedom
Environmental comfort

6. Economic Opportunity Most people migrate for economic reasons
They hope to become wealthier in a new place

7. Cultural Freedom
Sometimes people move so that they can practice their culture and beliefs without being persecuted
The Pilgrims migrated to America in search of religious freedom

8. Cultural Freedom Slavery Political instability
Forced international migration has historically occurred for two main reasons:
Slavery
Political instability
Refugees are people who have been forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution.

9. Environmental Comfort
People are pulled toward physically attractive regions and pushed from hazardous ones
Migrants are also pushed from their homes by adverse physical conditions
Water—either too much or too little—poses the most common environmental threat