Since the earliest times, humanity has been on the move. Some people move in search of work or economic opportunity, to join family, or to study. Others move to escape conflict, persecution or large-scale human rights violations. Still others move in response to the adverse effects of climate change, natural disasters or other environmental factors.
Now let’s learn about each one more deeply
1. To Escape Conflict Zones
This is one of the older and most common causes of immigration people feel the need to leave their country of birth to escape conflict and feel safe. Individuals living in war-torn countries like some parts of the middle east, feel the need to immigrate to get away from the fighting and to escape danger.
Between 2000 and 2020, the number that had fled conflict, crises, persecution, violence, or human rights violations doubled from 17 to 34 million. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimated that, by the end of 2022, the world hosted an estimated 35.3 million refugees, including 5.9 million Palestine refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), as well as 5.4 million were asylum-seekers .
2.Escape Poverty
Can be a big difference between salaries and working conditions between countries, many developed countries provide a social network that makes those countries attractive for people from less developed countries.
Also, many people immigrate to escape from high unemployment and lack of opportunities in their home country.
In 2020, 73 percent of all international migrants were between the ages of 20 and 64 years, compared to 57 percent for the total population.
3.Higher Education
This is one of the top reasons people immigrate, especially the younger ones are to pursue higher education in a field that can be not available in their country, or better universities are available abroad. Once you move to study many times, they enjoy better their new place and extend their stay indefinitely.
4.Family Influences
When a family member moves abroad, and friend and family from back home can see how well they’ve settled in, developing a new life and enjoying their new lifestyle it adds an aspiration value of moving too. It also gives you enough stimulus to think that you will have someone to support you when you initially move.
5.Advertisement offer a better life
Have been cases during history that countries offer excellent conditions and initial support to immigrants that fulfil certain requirements, like for example knowing the language, certain age or ready to live in a particular area of the welcoming country.
6. Better Healthcare
Depending on your financial situation you would like to provide the best possible healthcare to your family. Some people migrate to access affordable healthcare. Several nations offer free healthcare to their citizens.
Today, more people than ever live in a country other than the one in which they were born. According to the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), as of 1 July 2020 the global number of international migrants was estimated to be 281 million.
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