https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate Megan Fry en-us 2017-05-18 22:41:25 UTC 2025-09-24 02:15:09 UTC hello@padlet.com m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172697484 2017-05-18 22:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172697484 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700249 A push factor induces people to move out of their present location. A pull factor induces people to move into a new location. ]]> 2017-05-18 23:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700249 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700333 Occurs because of political conflict. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees recognizes three groups of people who are forced to migrate for political reasons; refugees, internally displaced person, an asylum seeker]]> 2017-05-18 23:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700333 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700586 A refugee is a person who is forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters and cannot return for fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or a political opinion.]]> 2017-05-18 23:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700586 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700730 An internally displaced person (IDP) has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.]]> 2017-05-18 23:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700730 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700919 An asylum seeker is a person who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.]]> 2017-05-18 23:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172700919 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172701056 People sometimes migrate for environmental reasons, pulled toward physically attractive regions and pushed from hazardous ones. ]]> 2017-05-18 23:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172701056 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172701760 2017-05-18 23:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172701760 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172702081 An environmental or political feature that hinders migration. 
Ex) long, arduous, and expensive passage over land or sea]]> 2017-05-18 23:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172702081 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172702796 People often emigrate from places that have few job opportunities and immigrate to places where jobs seem to be available ]]> 2017-05-19 00:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172702796 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172702976 China- Approximately 35 million chinese live in other countries (The United States is the leading receiving country)
Southwest Asia- The wealthy oil producing countries of Southwest Asia have been major destinations for people from South and Southeast Asia]]> 2017-05-19 00:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172702976 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172703409 The transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.The total amount of remittances worldwide was $550 billion in 2013]]> 2017-05-19 00:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172703409 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172703996 Ravenstein theorized that males were more likely than females to migrate long distances to other countries because searching for work was the main reason for international migration. Since the 1990s, women have accounted for about half of the unauthorized immigrants from mexico]]> 2017-05-19 00:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172703996 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172704194 Most long distance migrants were young adults seeking work rather than children or elderly people. Recent immigrants to the U.S. have attended school for fewer years and are less likely to have high school diplomas than U.S. citizens ]]> 2017-05-19 00:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172704194 m_fry https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172704523 The floodplain of a river is the area subject flooding during a specific number of years]]> 2017-05-19 00:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/m_fry/Why_Do_People_Migrate/wish/172704523