Ch19: Migration

Cards (2)

  • Causes of Migration:
    • Economic - moving to find work
    • Social - moving for a better quality of life or for family
    • Political - to escape political persecution or war
    • Environmental - to escape a natural disaster, ex) flooding
  • Barriers to migration:
    • Poverty - the person moving doesn't have enough money
    • Personal reasons - people may be close with family or there is no one to care for family
    • Visas - some countries require foreigners to get a visa to enter the country.
    • Language - the person coming into the country may not speak the language, making it difficult to communicate