The Causes and Effects of Migration Migration has always been a part of the history of humankind. Thousands of years ago‚ the first group of people in Africa started to migrate around the world. Later on‚ Chinese families also happened to move to other countries such as the United States of America to pursue the “American Dream”. However‚ what are the reasons that make people want to leave their homelands and move somewhere new? Are there any effects from migration to both the sending and the
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The cause and effect of migration Every year‚ large numbers of people migrate from one country to another for various reasons. Many of them are willing to abandon their careers and homes in own countries and start a totally different life in a new place. However‚ the great flow of immigration has brought some effects to both the sending country and host country.This essay will briefly review the cause of human migration and some effects on the different types of countries. There are many reasons
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Causes of migration The causes of migration may be numerous and these may range from natural calamities‚ climatic change‚ epidemics‚ and draught to social‚ economic‚ cultural and political. The over population and heavy pressure on resources may be the cause of permanent or temporary‚ and long distance or short distance migration. Many a time the differences between groups in level of technology and economic opportunities also cause large scale migration. (a) Technology People with more sophisticated
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Political factors such as the incoming wave of Islam‚ a push factor‚ and the ability to practice Christianity a pull factor caused the Aksumites to migrate inland. The Aksumites were oppressed by the Islamic invaders forcing them to move toward inland Africa. They were also pulled inland because they would have religious freedom‚ the ability the practice Christianity. The Aksumites migrated inland because of push and pull political factors like escaping the incoming wave of Islam‚ and the ability to practice
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they were allowed to take over most of the land in Africa for raw resources they desired. As competition grew more intensifying each country wanted to plant its own flag on as much of the world as possible. This was what we call the beginning of imperialism‚ which formed when the Scramble for African territory begun about 1880 due to the discovery of diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1866‚ and no European power wanted to be left out of the race. The cause of imperialism started in the Berlin Conference
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Desertification in Africa Land covers “ 14.9 billion hectares of the earth’s face”. According to the United Nations data‚ “ 6.1 billion hectares are dryland” of which one billion hectares are “ naturally hyper arid desert”(www.eden-foundation.org). The rest has either become desert or is being threatened by desertification. This natural process has caused misery among those most directly caught in its path‚ turning productive land into dryland. (Mensching‚ 7). The Sahel- the world’s largest
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Migration There are a lot of different reasons as to why people migrate‚ one being forced migration‚ where people are told to move because they could be at risk because of war or natural disasters. Another is internal migration‚ where people leave their country either permanently or temporarily‚ and could also be to escape from natural disasters or for work. Immigration is when people move to another country permanently‚ and could be because of a number of reasons. There are a lot of people that
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The Effects of Migration Since the 1950s‚ migration has by no means been on a small scale. The main reason people from the Caribbean migrate is to make a better life for themselves and their families. Many sacrifices are made when West Indians leave their homelands for foriegn lands. Migration has disrupted the family structures. While parents are away trying to make a living and sending home remittances‚ guardians are expected to fulfill the role of one or both parents. Although they may
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Introduction This essay report is going to discuss migration and different types of migration‚ it is also going to confer why people move using a theory of Push and Pull factors. Migration is a broad topic therefore this discussion is going to narrow the topic down using a concept of International migration as its main focus and foundation and more importantly the main causes of international migration in South Africa. Using a South African case this discussion will also ask why the country is losing
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OUT OF AFRICA Out of Africa It has been proposed that all modern humans share a common ancestor. This ancestor has been referred to as Mitochondrial Eve. She is said to have lived close to 200‚000 bce (CBS News‚ 2010). It is believed that her descendants migrated out of Africa and populated the rest of the continents. This was said to have occurred around 100‚000 bce (Oppenheimer‚ 2003). The first human migration out of Africa was said to have occurred around 125‚000 bce. This migration went
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