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Scarica migration: why people leave their country? e più Dispense in PDF di Geografia solo su Docsity! WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? - Economic migration: to find work or follow a particular career path - Social migration: for a better quality of life or to be closer to family or friends - Political migration: to escape political persecution or war Environmental migration: to escape natural disasters PUSH AND PULL FACTORS - The simplest way to explain migration is to talk about PUSH and PULL factors - From this point of view, migration is caused by a combination of factors that force a person to leave their place of origin (PUSH) and factors that draw them to a particular place (PULL) PUSH FACTORS - Lack of services - Low employment - Lack of safety - High crime - Crop failure - Drought - Flooding - Poverty War or conflict PULL FACTORS - Better services - Higher employment - Safe society - Less crime - Fertile land Lower risk of natural hazards - Better climate - Greater wealth - Political stability DEFINITIONS Migration is the movement of people to a new are to find work or better living conditions - Migration can happen over short or long distances - It can be permanent or temporary Emigration is the act of leaving one’s own country to settle in another Immigration is the act of coming to live in a foreign country Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their countries in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disasters