Presentation on Immigration

By Asmaa Akram Hussien

English Department,
University of Duhok
 What is immigration?

Immigration is the movement of people

from one country or region to another in
order to settle and make a new home.
People have been immigrating for
centuries and people still continue to
immigrate for various reasons.

According to a UN’s report, there are

more than 200 million international
immigrants worldwide.
 Who is an immigrant?

An immigrant is a
person who moves
from one country or
region to another in
order to make a new
home.
Why do people immigrate?

People immigrate because of

pull factors or push factors.
 What are pull factors?

Pull factors are

things that
pull people to
move to a new
area.
 What are pull factors?

For example, better

job opportunities,
better living,
inclination towards
other cultures and
traditions etc.
 What are pull factors?

For example, better job

opportunities, better
living, inclination towards
other cultures and
traditions etc.

People can be attracted

to other countries for
monetary gains, better
lifestyle, better health
or better education.
 What are pull factors?

Elon Musk (Owner of

Twitter) immigrated to the
US from South Africa
because he wanted to grab
the opportunities to become
a successful person.
 What are pull factors?

Elon Musk (Owner of

Twitter) immigrated to the
US from South Africa
because he wanted to grab
the opportunities to become
a successful person.

Sundar Pichai (CEO of

Google) immigrated to US
from India for better
opportunities and became
the CEO of Google.
 What are push factors?

Push factors are

things that
push people to
leave.
 What are push factors?
Various push factors
also account for
immigration. For
example during
economic crisis,
recessions, natural
calamities and habitat
loss, people might
immigrate to other
countries or place.
 Here are some of the things that have pushed
people to leave their homes in the past
Who When Number Why
Irish 1840s-1850s About 1.5 million Potato crop failure and famine

Germans 1840s-1880s About 4 million Economic depression, political

instability

Danes,
Norwegians, 1870s-1900s About 1.5 million Poverty and shortage of farmland
and Swedes

Poles Poverty, political repression and

epidemic 1880s-1920s About 1 million cholera

Jews from
Eastern 1880s-1920s About 2.5 millions Religious persecutions
Europe

Italians 1880s-1920s About 4.5 million Poverty and overpopulation

Mexican revolution, low wages and

Mexicans 1910s-1920s About 700000 unemployment