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Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, [1] with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.
International Journal of Migration and Border Studies [72] Migration Studies, is published by Oxford University Press. The first issue was released in March 2013. [73] (Re)pensir L'exil [74] Transit addresses migration in the German speaking world. [75] Nordic Journal of Migration Research gives priority to migration in a Nordic context. [76]
Existential migration is a term coined by Greg Madison (2006) in Existential Analysis, the journal of the Society for Existential Analysis. Madison's term describes expatriates (voluntary emigrants) who supposedly have an "existential" motivation to travel, unlike economic migration , simple wanderlust , exile , or variations of forced migration .
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Studies show that the pre-modern migration of human populations begins with the movement of Homo erectus out of Africa across Eurasia about 1.75 million years ago. Homo sapiens appeared to have occupied all of Africa about 150,000 years ago; some members of this species moved out of Africa 70,000 years ago (or, according to more recent studies, as early as 125,000 years ago into Asia, [1] [2 ...
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence [1] with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). [2] Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanently move to a country). [3]
Push and pull factors in migration according to Everett S. Lee (1917-2007) are categories that demographers use to analyze human migration from former areas to new host locations. Lee's model divides factors causing migrations into two groups of factors: push and pull.
The immigrant paradox in the United States is an observation that recent immigrants often outperform more established immigrants and non-immigrants on a number of health-, education-, and conduct- or crime-related outcomes, despite the numerous barriers they face to successful social integration.