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. Push FactorDetailsReal World Example: Lack of Jobs/Poverty Civil Strife/War/Political and Religious Persecution Environmental Problems

5. Push FactorDetailsReal World Example: Lack of Jobs/Poverty Civil Strife/War/Political and Religious Persecution Environmental Problems - needs a job to make money - poverty in Greece, Poland, China - don’t want you or family to die, or thrown in jail, or torture - Libya, Somalia, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan - climate change leads to drought, heat waves, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes - Somalia, New Orleans (Katrina), Japan (tsunami), Haiti (earthquake)

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

7. Factor DetailsReal World Example: Higher standards of living Labor Demand Political and Religious Freedom

8. Factor DetailsReal World Example: Higher standards of living Labor Demand Political and Religious Freedom - new country has better social opportunities - job opportunities - can practice your own religion & beliefs - health care, housing, recreation, education -Ontario for construction & high tech. --Alberta, due to oil & gas resource - Canada has human rights code