WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE?
A. Wanting to Leave
1. Lack of Basic Physical Needs (Food, Clothing, Shelter)
a. environmental change
i. drought
ii. desertification
iii. floods
iv. earthquakes
v. pollution
b. political change
i. persecution (political, racial, religious)
ii. forced labour
iii. war
c. economic change
i. poor job opportunities
ii. poor housing
iii. poor medical care
d. population change
i. too many people for available farmland
2. Lack of Emotional Needs (achievement, belonging, freedom)
a. political change
i. persecution (political, racial, religious)
ii. forced labour
iii. war
b. economic change
i. poor job opportunities
ii. little economic mobility
c. social change
i. few opportunities for marriage
ii. lack of religious freedom
iii. few opportunities for power
B. Choosing Another Place
1. Better Provision of Basic Needs
2. Better Provision of Emotional Needs
Why do people migrate? Â
AÂ summary paragraph:Â Migration Paragraph
AÂ lesson and assignment: Â Why Do People Migrate?
Watch a video: Migration Summary
Learn more about migration within Europe:Â European Migration in History
Read articles, recommended for mature readers, about modern migration: World-wide, Mongolia, Nigeria, Syria
Write about how your family came to live in Canada:
Learn how people first migrated out of Africa and came to N.A.: