MIGRATION
CONSEQUENCES
Economic Consequences
Negative
Positive
The remittance (payments) sent by migrants to their homes
help in the growth of economy of the region.
The under-development gets even worse due
to out migration of skilled people
Demographic consequences
Postive
Negative
Migration leads to the redistribution of the population within a country
Rural areas face shortage of skilled people because most of skilled and semiskilled
people migrate to urban areas.
Social consequences
Positive
Negative
Migration also leads to intermixing of people from diverse cultures and results in
the evolution of composite culture
Continued feeling of dejection may motivate people to fall in the trap of antisocial
activities like crime and drug abuse.
Environmental consequences
This ultimately leads to unplanned growth of urban
settlement and formation of slums shanty colonies
TYPES
Internal migration:
International migration:
This refers to a change of residence within national
boundaries, such as between states, provinces, cities, or municipalities.
This refers to change of residence over national
boundaries. An international migrant is someone who moves to a different country.
CAUSES
Economic Causes
Political Causes
Social Causes
Migration in search of better economic conditions, employment
Migration to escape poor climate conditions such as drought
Migration to escape natural disasters
Migration as punishment for crimes committed
Migration as a result of enslavement
Forced migration, with or without political Agreement
Migration to spread a religion
Migration to reunite with family, friends, etc.who have previously migrated
Migration to spread a political philosophy, such as Marxism, democracy, etc.