• Migration to move from one country, region or place to another

• Migration = Movement

• Emigration to leave one country or region to settle in another

• Emigration = Exit

• Immigration- to come to a country of which one is not a natice

• usually for permanent residence

• Immigration = In

• Push Factors - Negative things that make people want to leave a country

• Poor service = social

• Lack of Education = social

• Poor Medical Care = social

• Unemployment = economic

• Poor pay = economic

• Hazardous working conditions = economic

• Persecution/targeted = political

• War = political

• Pull Factors - Positive factors that make people want to go to a country

• Plenty of Food = social

• Available services = social

• Lots of doctors = social

• Job Opportunities = economic

• Better quality of life = economic

• Good pay = economic

• Democracy = political

• Freedom = political

• Illegal Immigrant -

• Someone who is in the country illegally, either illegally or overstaying their visa.

• Asylum seeker -

• A person who has left their country and is seeking protection from persecution and serious human rights violations in another country, but who hasn’t yet been legally recognized as a refugee and is waiting to receive a refugee status.

• Refugee -

• A person who has fled their own country because they are at risk of serious human rights violations and persecution there. Refugees have a right to international protection.

Net Migration Rate -

• The rate of migration rate is the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants throughout the year. It is expressed as the net number of migrants per 1000 population.

• A negative net migration rate means that there are more people leaving the country than entering it.

• A positive net migration rate means that there are more people entering the country than leaving it.

Push and Pull Examples -

• It is hard to make a living

• Collapse of the sugar industry

• Made workers move out to find jobs in cities

• ⅔ of the population are now in cities

• Cities are overcrowded and urban unemployment rates are high

• Forced to travel to nearby island

• In the 1990’s, the tourist industry increased on the island

• The demand of workers pulled many people from the large or growing tourist industry

• Political conflict in Cuba and Haiti pushed people to migrate to United States

Remittance -

• Most migrants who find jobs send the money to their families using remittances

• Remittance = money sent from a person from another place

• This has become a stable for the economy in the Caribbeans

• The amount of money can vary from 79 million to 564 million

• These are sent from sibling from other countries, like United States, Canada, and France