What is a push factor of migration?

A push factor of migration is any condition or circumstance in a person's origin location that motivates them to leave. Push factors can be broadly classified into two categories:

1. Economic push factors: These include factors related to the economy of the origin location, such as:

- Lack of job opportunities

- Low wages

- High unemployment

- Poverty

- Economic recession

- Economic instability

- Poor economic conditions

- Limited opportunities for business and entrepreneurship

2. Non-economic push factors: These include factors not directly related to the economy, such as:

- War and civil conflict

- Political instability

- Natural disasters or environmental hazards

- Persecution or discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or other grounds

- Lack of access to basic services such as healthcare and education

- Social unrest and violence

- Human rights abuses

- High crime rates

- Personal reasons, such as desire for adventure or family reunification