MIGRAITION

TYPES

Internal migration:- This refers to a change of residence within national
boundaries, such as between states, provinces, cities, or municipalities.
International migration:-This refers to change of residence over national
boundaries. An international migrant is someone who moves to a different
country.

International migrants are further classified

Legal immigrants are those who moved with the legal permission of the
receiver nation
Illegal immigrants are those who moved without legal permission
Refugees are those crossed an international boundary to escape
persecution.

Causes of Migration

urbanization (moving to the cities because of poor economic conditions
in rural areas)
migration to the suburbs in order to secure better living conditions—
especially better school districts, less crowded living conditions

the “tent cities” erected in Turkey after the 1999 earthquake—some of

them are still there, and in other cases the residents have moved away

to live with relatives and haven’t come back;

Political Causes of Migration

! Migration as punishment for crimes committed
! Migration as a result of enslavement

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Forced migraition, whit whithout political agrement

CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION

  1. Positive consequences:

i. The remittance (payments) sent by migrants to their homes

help in the growth of economy of the region. This money is

mainly used by the family for repayment of debts, medical

treatment, marriages, children’s education, purchasing

agricultural inputs, construction of houses, etc.

Negative consequences:

Development of slums in industrially

developed states such as Maharashtra,

Gujarat, and Delhi is the result of

unregulated migration.