EXAMPLES OF POLITICAL PUSH FACTORS
WAR OR PERSECUTION - CUBANS FEARED DICTATOR FIDAL CASTRO
ENVIRONMENTAL PUSH FACTORS
Drought
Irish potato fungus
Chernobyl nuclear power plant
exploded
others
ECONOMIC PUSH FACTORS
Early immigrants come to USA
wanting better lives.
lost job or no jobs - Immigrants
hope for better lives for
themselves
QUALITY OF LIFE PULL FACTORS
Lost boys of Sudan gained safety,
schooling, and jobs
Pull to better schools
FAMILY PULL FACTORS
Many joined relatives already
living the the United States
family member sends tickets
EDUCATION PULL FACTORS
People migrate so their children
can attend good schools