Migration – can be daily seasonal, or permanent.

Here we are looking at the reasons why people move

And change their home permanently

Migration can be

Voluntary or Forced

Migration can be

Local or International

People migrate for a variety of Reasons

‘Push’ Factors are why you want to leave one place

‘Pull’ Factors are what you hope will be better in the place you move to

Jobless workers in New York line up at a job expo.

Unemployed workers need extended unemployment, health benefits and training opportunities.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi under house arrest after release from hospital

The Caatinga – Brazil’s drought zone.

No work – only farm labouring

Few opportunities….

POVERTY!

Volcano primary hazard - lava

Secondary hazard – lahar or ash/mudflow

Earthquake causes buildings to collapse

Then comes fire

Wars affect the innocent

They become refugees from the fighting

There are homeless street children all over the world …

.. Some are escaping an unhappy home

Refugees from famine …

… move to get food

Rural to urban migration

More opportunity

Economic migrants move for a better chance of a job

and an improved standard of living

But there may be prejudice and persecution

Education…

A better chance for the kids

Or university for yourself

Rural mud hut

To penthouse apartment

Or overcrowded favela?

Medical care

More available

Family Links

Rejoin a relative