Migration
Key Issue 1: Why Do People Migrate
Mr. Davis
Quick Poll
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Who has ever lived somewhere else?
Who has ever lived in a different city or town?
Who has ever lived in a different state?
Who has ever lived in a different country?
Where would you like to live?
• Take a few minutes and think about them and write down the answers in
your notebook.
• Where would you like to move?
• Why would you choose that location?
• Are there any bad things about moving to this location? Is there anything
you would miss about Columbia, SC?
Why would people want to live in Columbia,
SC?
• Take 5 minutes and write some ideas down.
What is migration?
Human Migration is…
• The movement of people from one place on the earth to another.
• It can be…
• Temporary
• Ex?
• Permanent
• Ex?
Emigration vs. Immigration
• Emigration
• Migration from a location
• Immigration
• Migration to a location
• Net Migration
• Immigration-Emigration
Mobility
• Describes to movement of people.
• This can be…
• The drive from home to work
• The journey from one country to another
• Circulation refers to the cyclical movement of people to and from
a place
Reasons for Migration
• Key Terms
• Push Factor
• Induces people to move out of their present location
• Pull Factor
• Induces people to move to a new location
Reasons for Migration
• Most people migrate for economic reasons
• Economic pull factors
• Prospect of new job opportunities
• Economic push factors
• Economic depression
• Lack of job opportunities
Reasons for Migration
• Cultural Push Factors
• Forced migration
• Slavery
• Less of an issue today
• Political Instability
• Instable governments, war, intolerance
Reasons for Migration
• Refugees
• People who have been forced to leave their homes because of persecution due to race,
religion, nationality, membership in a social group, sexuality, or political opinion.
• In 2007 ~14 million
• These individuals are homeless until a country agrees to take them in or their place of
origin stabilizes.
Reasons for Migration
• Cultural Pull Factors
• Political conditions can also attract individuals
• Countries that promise a choice in education, career, etc. can be
destination places
• Democracy
Reasons for Migration
• Environmental Push Factors
• Hazards
• Climate Change
• Lack of water
• Environmental Pull Factors
• Climate
• Physically attractive regions
Reasons for Migration
• Intervening obstacle
• Environmental or cultural feature that prevents migration
• Early on these obstacles were predominantly environmental
• E.g. The Atlantic Ocean challenged the movement of Europeans to the New World
• Today they are predominantly cultural
• Borders
• Passports
• Visas
Ravenstein’s Theory of Migration
• Most migrants do not move very far and often remain in the same country.
• Internal Migration
• Movement within national borders
• Interregional migration
• Movement from one region of a country to another
• Intraregional Migration
• Movement within the same region of a country
Ravenstein’s Theory of Migration
• International Migration
• Movement from on country to another
• Voluntary Migration
• Migrant has chosen to move
• Economic push/pull factors
• Forced Migration
• Cultural factors have forced them to move
Migration Transition
• Wilbur Zelinsky
• The DTM and Migration
• Countries in stage one see intraregional movement due to the search for food.
• Countries in stage two primarily see international migration
• Countries in stages three and four primarily see intraregional migration