Post on 02-Nov-2014
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What is migration and why do people move?
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Term Meaning ExampleThe movement of people from one place to another to live or work
Factor Reasons to move TO a country
Factor Reason to move away from a country
Migration within a country
Migration between countries
Migration from the countryside into cities
A person who has moved into a different country
British people retiring to Spain.
A person who has left a country to migrate to another
A person who has fled from a danger such as war, famine, natural disaster or political persecution
Migration into a country
Migration out of a country
Protection given to a political refugee by a country
Migration terms
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What does this map show?
Distrib
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http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/
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Why migrate to America?
• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
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• Imagine you are one of the characters in the film.
• Write a postcard home explaining to your family why you left Puerto Rico for New York.