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What is migration and why do people move?

Migration terms Term Meaning Example The movement of people from one place to another to live or work Factor Reasons to move TO a country Factor Reason to move away from a country Migration within a country Migration between countries Migration from the countryside into cities A person who has moved into a different country British people retiring to Spain. A person who has left a country to migrate to another A person who has fled from a danger such as war, famine, natural disaster or political persecution Migration into a country Migration out of a country Protection given to a political refugee by a country

Everyone is a migrant What does this map show? Distribution of surname ‘Rogers’ around the world

http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/

Why migrate to America? Push Factors Pull Factors

Push Factors

Pull Factors

Imagine you are one of the characters in the film. Write a postcard home explaining to your family why you left Puerto Rico for New York.

Imagine you are one of the characters in the film.

Write a postcard home explaining to your family why you left Puerto Rico for New York.