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STATEMENT). Crop failure is one of the most important reasons why people migrate.
Farmers need good farm fields to grow their products and if they are not good enough to
produce, they will have to look for better fields. Another pull factor is natural disasters for
example: drought and flooding. After these ones, people have to travel to another place, they
have to do it because it is for their own good. Some people have family and they can go with
them but others have to start again without money and nobody to help them. Another
important reason is war. Sometimes countries have conflicts which involved weapons, so
people have to migrate for their own safety. If they don’t do it, they could die. Actually, this
has happened recently in Asia and Africa
Second, there are also pull factors which are the reasons why people move to a
particular area which means that people decide to migrate. Some of the most important pull
factors are: Higher employment, Better services, Safety, less crime (GENERAL
STATEMENT. The first pull factor is higher employment. People decide to migrate to earn
more money for their families. Maybe because, there are not enough employment in their
hometown. Also, people migrate to have better services. They travel to more developed
countries to get this. Some of the most important services are: health, education, basic
services. There are poor cities and countries which lack these and that is why they decide to
migrate.
In conclusion, one of the most important effects of globalization is migration. People
from poor countries decide to migrate to developed countries in order to get better
opportunities and a better life style. Furthermore, people decide to migrate because they must
because of war or natural disasters. (CONCLUSION)(SUMMARY)

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