Internal and External Migration

Internal Migration

• Internal migration is the movement of people from one defined area to another within a country.
• Majority move from rural areas to city/urban
• CAUSES/ REASONS TO MIGRATE
• Improve quality of life such as:
• Better education: For kids especially for young families
• Employment: Found a better job to provide to provide for self and/or family
• Natural disaster
• Civil Disturbance: Violence and disorder in the area
• EFFECTS OF INTERNAL MIGRATION
• Overpopulation in highly populated area that provides most of the migrants needs
• High demand of change in infrastructure such as road, hospitals, power generation, houses, shops, police, telephone and employment
• The loss of persons from rural areas impacts on the level of output and development of these areas.
• It also impacts negatively on the level of commodities available for export form these regions.
• The influx of workers in urban areas increases competition for jobs, houses, health facilities, schools etc.

External Migration

• People moving it from one country to another with change of place of residence permanently or for a long period
• They played a great role in human development, particularly in shaping the population structure of many countries (U.S., Canada, Australia, South America, etc.)
• CAUSES/REASONS OF EXTERNAL MIGRATION
• Economic: economic factors are the main and primary cause of migrants worldwide
• Political
• Religious
• Family and household
• Environmental
• Natural disasters
• REFUGEES
• Due to international and inter-regional conflicts, civil wars, natural hardships, hunger and poverty they are forced to migrate and seek a better and safer quality of life
• EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL MIRGARTION
• Professional and skilled workers who migrate reduce the level of skills available in their countries resulting in a brain drain effect. This will impact on growth and development.
• They increase competition for jobs, houses, health facilities and schools in their new territory.
• Money earned by Caribbean nations in foreign countries is sent home to support their families reducing poverty and making foreign exchange available for their respective countries.
• Caribbean professional and skilled workers contribute to the growth of developed countries