Why do people migrate?

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By: Ángel,Paula,Elena and Ana.

WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE?

SYRIA

The Syrian Arab Republic is a country in the Middle East, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, which shares borders with Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Israel and Jordan to the south, and Lebanon to the west.

SYRIA

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• Around 8,225,499 Syrians live abroad, 48.19% of its population. In Syria there are continuous wars and domestic violences, so they migrate to another countries to restart their life. In Syria there are less people living in Syria than the people who born in it.
• Male emigration is higher than female, with 4,835,917 men, which represents 58.79% of the total, compared to 3,389,582 female emigrants, which are 41.20%.

Displacement overview

Why syrians migrates?

In Siria a lot of people migrate because of the intern violence and conflicts in the country. In 2020 around 1.800.000 sirians migrate for violence. Some of the reasons Syrians have been forced to leave their homes include: Violence, Since the civil war began, close to 130,000 children have lost their lives or been injured. Collapsed infrastructure: Health centers and hospitals, schools, and water and sanitation systems are damaged or destroyed. They usually migrates to Turkey because is the nearest and more developed country.

The consecuences of the Syrian migration are:1.More than half of Syria's pre-war population of 22 million have leave their homes. Some 6.9 million are internally displaced, with more than 2 million living in tented camps. Another 6.8 million are refugees. 2.Migration in Syria means that there are less basic resources like food or healthy centres. There are also less people to participate in democratic process.

CONSECUENCES

UNITED STATES

Most of the country is located in the center of North America where its 48 contiguous states and Washington D.C. meet, between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, bordering Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

UNITED STATES

• In 2021, over 573.000 people migrate to another states in the United States. Causes of this are the earthquakes, wildfires or tornadoes.

• This is the 17.04% of the total population of United States in 2021. In 2021 over 6.000 houses were destroyed and they need to restart their life in another city or country.

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Displacement overview

WILDFIRES ·Climate and landscape: The western United States has what is called a Mediterranean climate. ·Climate change:Wildfires are closely related to climate change(the West hotter and drier). ·Fire suppression: the “10 a.m. policy”, the goal of which was to contain any fire by 10 a.m. the day after your initial report. ·Human settlement:As the population grows so does the risk of starting a forest fire.

Why americans migrate?

TORNADOES

·One of the likely reasons why tornadoes are so common in the central US is because there, Artic air arrives well, so cold fronts that haven´t weakened´´ collide first with warm tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico.

Why americans migrate?

EARTHQUAKES They are produced due to the collision of tectonic plates and the release of energy in the course of reorganization of materials in the earth's crust. For example, California because, it is located on a series of faults, that is, regions where tectonic plates come together. The largest of them -and the potentially most dangerous- is the San Andreas fault, which crosses the State from north to south and extends for 1,300 kilometers.

Why americans migrate?

• The loss of a person from rural areas, impact on the level of output and development of rural areas.
• The influx of workers in urban areas increases competition for the job, houses, school facilities etc.
• Having large population puts too much pressure on natural resources, amenities and services.
• It is difficult for a villager to survive in urban areas because in urban areas there is no natural environment and pure air.
• Childrens grow up in poverty, not have propper nutrition, health and education.

CONSECUENCES

https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-015-0060-7

https://www.worldvision.org/refugees-news-stories/syrian-refugee-crisis-facts

https://www.internal-displacement.org/global-report/grid2020/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=d14f0a6c-e715-471d-b2fb-1d20b95f08dc

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