Migrations part one: Why some people leave Poland and why other people come to Poland?

Preamble.

The first Question is what does "Emigration" mean?

In wikipedia : Emigration is the act of leaving one's native country or region to settle in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin. People who migrate are called migrants, or, more specifically, emigrants, immigrants, or settlers, depending on historical setting, circumstances and perspective.

I thing that is there are many reasons why people might choose to emigrate. Some are for political or economic reasons, or for personal reasons like finding a spouse while visiting another country and emigrating to be with them. Are you agree with me?

A memorial statue in Hanko, Finland, commemorating the thousands of emigrants who left the country to start a new life in the United States

Human migration.

Migrations is is natural Hing, even Animals migrate to have better reason of leaving. Human migration is movement by humans from one district to another, sometimes over long distances or in large groups.
The movement of populations in modern times has continued under the form of both voluntary migration within one's region, country, or beyond, and involuntary migration.

Historical migration of human populations begins with the movement of Homo erectus out of Africa across Eurasia about a million years ago... Homo sapiens appear to have occupied all of Africa about 150,000 years ago, next moved out of Africa 70,000 years ago, and had spread across Australia, Asia and Europe by 40,000 years.

This is the first part of a 4 part video. The topic is the early human migration.

The Age of Exploration and European Colonialism led to an accelerated pace of migration since Early Modern times. In the 16th century perhaps 240,000 Europeans entered American ports. In the 19th century over 50 million people left Europe for the Americas.

In 1914, there were more than 1.5 million Jews in New York city. Did you Know why they migrate to New York?

Industrialization encouraged migration wherever it appeared. The increasingly global economy globalized the labor market. Atlantic slave trade diminished sharply after 1820, which gave rise to self-bound contract labor migration from Europe and Asia to plantations. Also overpopulation, open agricultural frontiers and rising industrial centers attracted voluntary, encouraged and sometimes coerced migration.

Transnational labor migration reached a peak of three million migrants per year in the early twentieth century. Italy, Norway, Ireland and the Quongdong region of China were regions with especially high emigration rates during these years. These large migration flows influenced the process of nation state formation in many ways.
Immigration restrictions have been developed, as well as diaspora cultures and myths that reflect the importance of migration to the foundation of certain nations, like the American melting pot. The transnational labor migration fell to a lower level from 1930s to the 1960s and then rebounded.

A majority of young people surveyed in the Highlands and Islands think it's a safe place to be and a good area in which to raise a family.

Why people migrate?

People have been always emigrating - from one country to another, from a village to a city or from the city to the village. Emigration has many advantages - evidence can be plenty of people who left place where they used to live. However, there are some disadvantages, as well.
At first, we must ask a question: Why do people migrate? Are you thing is answer is simple? On the macro level, the causes of migration can be distilled into two main categories: security dimension of migration (natural disasters, conflicts, threats to individual safety, poor political prospects) named "Push factors" and economic dimension of migration (poor economic situation, poor situation of national market) named "Pull factors". Push and pull factors are usually considered as north and south poles on a magnet.

Major contemporary human migration routes.
Image credit:NPR/Economist, via PAP Blog

Net migration rates for 2008: positive (blue), negative (orange), stable (green), and no data (gray).

Are you know something interesting about migrations? Leave it in comments. :)