Migration: Push and Pull Factors

Land Availability

Pull Factor: Enough housing to meet the demands of the population.

Economic Opportunity

Pull Factor: Freedom to own one's own business, or find jobs

Religious Freedom

Pull Factor: Freedom to practice (or not practice) any religion.

Political Freedom

Pull Factor: The right to vote for (elect) political leaders. (usually found in democratic countries)

Lack of job opportunities

Push Factor: there are no jobs to be had

Overpopulation

Push Factor: too many people, not enough housing

Natural Hazards

Push Factors: 1. Droughts = no rain 2. Famine = no food 3. Floods = water covers the land 4. Volcanic eruptions = lava creates new land 5. Earthquakes = shifting plate tectonics

Push Factors

Conditions (bad) that make someone want to leave their home country. 1. Overpopulation 2. Religious Persecution 3. Lack of Job Opportunities 4. Agricultural decline 5. Conflict/War 6. Political Persecution 7. Natural Hazards 8. Limits on personal freedom

Pull Factors

Conditions (good) that make someone want to come to a country. 1. Religious Freedom 2. Economic Opportunity 3. Land Availability 4. Political Freedom 5. Ethnic and Family ties 6. Arable land

Emigration

To EXIT or leave a country Push factors influence this

Immigrant

To come INTO a country Pull factors influence this