Thursday, October 25, 2018

Population and Migration Part 3


  • Net migration rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
  • an excess of persons entering the country is net immigration
  • written as a positive number
  • United States: 2.45 migrants per 1000 population
  • Canada: 5.65
  • an excess of persons leaving the country is net emigration
  • written as a negative number
  • Mexico: -1.69 migrants per 1000 population
  • push forces
    • civil war
    • environment degradation
    • unemployment or underemployment
    • religious or ethnic persecution
  • pull forces
    • better economic opportunity
    • better health services
    • religious freedom
    • political freedom

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