The push-pull factors of migration

There are many economic, social and physical reasons for immigration, and they are usually divided into push-pull factors.

Economic motivation is prominent in all human movements, which is particularly important in immigrants.

Destination countries are encouraging this, like the employment activity in the Caribbean by a London bus company in 1960.

Another example is the US "brain drain" that occurred in the second half of the 20th century and came from several other Western countries.

Because there is no economic opportunity, we often encourage you to look for the future outside your country of origin.

An example of this is the migration of Mexican and other Central American countries to America. They often work in low wage long-term employment in agriculture, construction, and family labor.

However, it is difficult to classify this case purely by driver, as factors related to country of origin are often as important as factors related to destination country.

Forced relocation is also used for the economic interests of 20 million men, women, children, etc., forcibly brought into the Americas between the 16th and 18th centuries.

For example, the United States, like Mennonite, has attracted religious refugees settling in Pennsylvania.

For example, Judea refugees from Huguenot in France of the 16th century, Puritan in the 17th century, and Nazi Germany.

For example, the Alps drew France to the east of France. Spain attracts immigrants seeking warm winter, especially retirees

For example, due to the East African drought of 2011 and the massive outflow of Montserrat Island, volcanoes occurred at La Supriere in 1995, two-thirds of the population abandoned the island.

* (Do not confuse La Grande Soufriere of St. Vincent's La Soufriere or Basse-Terre Island.)

Dr. Everett S. Lee (1917-2007) was a scholar and immigration theorist who advocated his immigration theory in 1966. His theory includes push-pull factors of immigrants used to determine the immigration decision-making process. Everett S. Lee was born on December 31, 1917 at Raines, South Carolina. He has a bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He did most of the work at the University of Georgia. Everett S. Lee passed away at the age of 89 in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16, 2007.

Mexican immigrants in the United States depict the importance of promoting and withdrawing factors in economic migration. Throughout the 20th century, the economic situation in Mexico did not match the level of US economic prosperity, so Mexican seasonal workers crossed the border and worked in American agriculture. However, in the 21st century, the immigration from Mexico slowed sharply, and after the recession of the US in 2009 the economic migration from Mexico to the United States began to decline. Studies have shown that the economics of families in Mexico improved due to factors such as improved access to education. As the financial situation in Mexico improves, the US temporarily has problems, eroding driving factors and tugging factors, leading to a decrease in immigration control.