Migration Key Issue 1 Why Do People Migrate

Migration Key Issue 1: Why Do People Migrate Mr. Davis

Quick Poll • • 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