World Geography / Unit 3: Human Geography
3.3 Migration
Notes
Migration is the movement of people from one place to live in another.
- Emigrants leave a country; immigrants enter one. Internal migration stays within a country.
- Push factors drive people away (war, famine, unemployment, persecution, natural disasters). Pull factors attract them (jobs, safety, freedom, family, good schools).
- A refugee flees persecution, war or violence and crosses a border. An economic migrant moves mainly to find work or a better income.
- Net migration = immigrants minus emigrants. Positive means more people arrive than leave.
- Distance, borders, cost and laws are barriers. Chain migration happens when earlier migrants help relatives and friends follow.
Practice
A family leaves a farming area because of repeated drought and moves to a city with factory jobs. The drought is a
Push factors are conditions that drive people from their home area.
A country had 400,000 immigrants and 150,000 emigrants in a year. What was its net migration?
$400{,}000 - 150{,}000 = 250{,}000$ more arrivals than departures.
Which person is best described as a refugee?
A refugee leaves a country due to persecution or violence.
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