What is Migration?

• Migration is a type of mobility

• Migration is a permanent move to a new location

• Migration is a specific type of relocation, which is the bodily movement of people from one place to another.

• Movement of people from one place to another

  Emigration - Migration from a location

  Immigration - Migration to a location

• On average, Americans move once every 6 years.

• The US population is the most mobile in the world with over 5 million moving from one state to another yearly.

• 35 million people move within a state, county, or community every year

  Reasons for migration

• People decide to migrate because of push & pull factors.

  Push factor- induces people to move out of their present location.

  Pull factor- influences people to move to a new location.

• Push factors come in three types - economic, cultural, & environmental

• Most people migrate for economic reasons - they want to make more money from their jobs.

• Intervening obstacles - environmental or cultural feature that hinders migration.

• In the past, these were primarily environmental. Now, these are much more about politics and culture.

  Types of migration

• Internal Migration - Two types:

• interregional migration - movement from one region to another within a country

• intraregional migration - movement within a region

• International migration - migration between countries

• Net out-migration - Most migrants in the world come from these countries: Asia, Africa, and Latin America

• Net in-migration - Most migrants in the world go to these countries: North America, Europe, and Oceania