Have you wonder the flock of birds, herds of animals or may I say migrating humans?
Indeed, human migration is a people’s step from one place to the next. Let’s look through the kaleidoscope, and explore human patterns and movements ……
What are the types of people migrating? The various reasons for the migration are as follows:
- Internal migration occurs when people migrate within a state, country or continent.
- External migration occurs when people move to another state, country or continent
- Emigration occurs when people leave one country and move to another
- Immigration comes when people move into a new country
- Return migration occurs when people move back to where you started
- Seasonal migration occurs when people migrate with each season or in response to conditions of work or environment (Hunter).
Let’s discuss the factors of migration among humans:
- Push factors include people leaving a place due to a problem, such as food shortages, wars or floods.
- Pull factors include people moving to a location because of something positive, such as a better climate, more opportunities for jobs or better food supply. (Hunter).
Extended learning:
- People Migrating due to environmental factors; for example as victims of Hurricane Katrina, who moved to Houston from New Orleans.
- People Moving due to economic factors; such as Indian technology employees moving to Silicon Valley, California (Barry).
References
Barry, S. L. (n.d.). Genographic: Mapping the Human Journey. (N. G. Elizabeth Wolzak, Ed.) National Geographic’s Xpeditions lesson plan.
Canada Immigration. (2019, March). Retrieved from CanApprove: https://www.canapprove.com/benefits-of-immigration-to-canada/
Hunter, N. (n.d.). Human Migration: The Story of the Cultural Landscape. (C. R. Simmons, Ed.) National Geographic Xpeditions lesson .
Symbol of Statistics Canada. (2019, September 30). Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190930/dq190930a-eng.htm
Image: https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos/000/195/19551.jpg
Migration of People 
