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  2. Internal migration - Wikipedia

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    Internal migration or domestic migration is human migration within a country. Internal migration tends to be travel for education and for economic improvement or because of a natural disaster or civil disturbance, [1] though a study based on the full formal economy of the United States found that the median post-move rise in income was only 1%.

  3. Human migration - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. International migration - Wikipedia

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    International migration occurs when people cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum length of the time. [1] Migration occurs for many reasons. Many people leave their home countries in order to look for economic opportunities in another country. Others migrate to be with family members who have migrated or because of ...

  5. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    Elsewhere, internal American migration from other colonies provided nearly all of the settlers for each new colony or state. [ 21 ] Populations grew by about 80% over a 20-year period, at a "natural" annual growth rate of 3%.

  6. History of human migration - Wikipedia

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    History of human migration. Human migration is the movement by people from one place to another, particularly different countries, with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location. It typically involves movements over long distances and from one country or region to another. The number of people involved in every ...

  7. Migration in China - Wikipedia

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    Internal migration in the People's Republic of China is one of the most extensive in the world according to the International Labour Organization. [1] This is because migrants in China are commonly members of a floating population, which refers primarily to migrants in China without local household registration status through the Chinese Hukou system. [2] In general, rural-urban migrants are ...

  8. Emigration - Wikipedia

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    The internal migration (migration in country) is big (28.7%), while international migration is 71.3% of the total migration by people aging 15 and above. It is important to understand the reasons for both types of migration and the availability of the options.

  9. Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States has by far the highest number of immigrants in the world, with 50,661,149 people as of 2019. [ 1 ][ 2 ] This represents 19.1% of the 244 million international migrants worldwide, and 14.4% of the United States' population. In ...