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Population. Migration. Definition. Migration is the permanent or semi-permanent movement of people, involving a change of home as well as social relations. Types of migration. Internal migration International migration. Regularities of migration.
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Population Migration
Definition • Migration is the permanent or semi-permanent movement of people, involving a change of home as well as social relations.
Types of migration • Internal migration • International migration
Regularities of migration • The majority of migrants tend to be young adults • International or long-distance migrants tend to be male • Females are more migratory over short distances • Single people or childless couples are more migratory than couples with children • Professional people are more migratory over long distances than unskilled workers
Famine Push factors Poverty Low wages Unemployment Enviromental disasters Political and cultural changes
Good job opportunities Security Pull factors Social guarantees Good schools
Notes • Chinese immigration to South – East Asia • European colonisation and dempgraphic explosion • Brain Drain • Migration policies (Europe etc)