1. Push & Pull Factors of Immigration
Grade 9 Geography
Lester B Pearson

2. What factors cause people to immigrate?
There are two reasons why people decided to leave their homelands or areas where they live.
These reasons are called the PUSH and PULL factors

3. Push Factor
People leave their homelands because there are several factors that ‘pushes’ them out of the country.

4. Environmental Problems
Push Factor
Details
Real World Example:
Lack of Jobs/Poverty
Civil Strife/War/Political and Religious Persecution
Environmental Problems

5. Pull Factor
People leave their homelands because there are several factors about their new country that ‘pulls’ them to immigrate to that new country.

6. Factor Details Real World Example: Higher standards of living
Higher standards of living
Labor Demand
Political and Religious Freedom