2. Push vs. Pull Factors
• Push and pull factors help explain why people
migrate from one place to another.
• Push factors: Factors that help migrants
decide to leave their home.
• Pull factors: Factors that attract people to an
area where migrants are going.
3. Push and Pull Factors
Push Factors
• Unemployment
• Not safe
• Lack of services
• Poverty
• Crop Failure
• Drought
• War, Civil Unrest
• Hazards
• Isolation
Pull Factors
• Potential jobs
• Safer environment
• Better services
• Greater wealth
• Fertile land
• Lots of food
• Political security
• Friends and family