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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/1942 1942]
==Definition==
*1 : to move into or come to live in a region or [[community]] especially as part of a large-[[scale]] and continuing movement of [[population]]
==Description==
[[Human]] '''migration''' is [[physical]] movement by humans from one area to another, sometimes over long distances or in large [[groups]]. .The movement of [[populations]] in modern times has continued under the form of both voluntary migration within one's region, country, or beyond, and involuntary migration (which includes the [[slave]] trade, Human [[traffic]] in human beings and [[Genocide|ethnic cleansing]]). People who migrate are called migrants or more specifically, emigrants, immigrants, or settlers, depending on historical setting, circumstances and [[perspective]].
The [[pressures]] of human migrations, whether as outright [[conquest]] or by slow cultural infiltration and resettlement, have affected the grand [[epochs]] in [[history]] and in land (for example, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Roman_Empire Decline of the Roman Empire]); under the [[form]] of colonization, migration has [[transformed]] the world (such as the prehistoric and historic settlements of Australia and the Americas). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_genetics Population genetics] [[studied]] in [[traditionally]] settled modern populations have opened a window into the historical [[patterns]] of migrations, a [[technique]] pioneered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Luca_Cavalli-Sforza Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer Forced migration] has been a means of social [[control]] under [[authoritarian]] [[regimes]] yet free [[initiative]] migration is a powerful [[factor]] in social [[adjustment]] and the [[growth]] of [[City|urban]] [[populations]].
In December 2003, The Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) was launched with the support of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Annan Kofi Annan] and several countries, with an [[independent]] 19-member Commission, a threefold [[mandate]] and a [[finite]] life-span ending December 2005. Its report, based on regional consultation meetings with stakeholders and scientific reports from leading international migration experts, was published and presented to Kofi Annan on 5 October 2005.
[[Different]] [[types]] of migration include:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_human_migration Seasonal human migration] mainly related to [[agriculture]].
* Rural to Urban, more common in developing countries as industrialization takes effect ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization urbanization])
* Urban to Rural, more common in developed countries due to a higher cost of urban living ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburbanization suburbanization])
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_migration International migration]
[[Category: Biology]]
[[Category: History]]
[[Category: Political Science]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/1942 1942]
==Definition==
*1 : to move into or come to live in a region or [[community]] especially as part of a large-[[scale]] and continuing movement of [[population]]
==Description==
[[Human]] '''migration''' is [[physical]] movement by humans from one area to another, sometimes over long distances or in large [[groups]]. .The movement of [[populations]] in modern times has continued under the form of both voluntary migration within one's region, country, or beyond, and involuntary migration (which includes the [[slave]] trade, Human [[traffic]] in human beings and [[Genocide|ethnic cleansing]]). People who migrate are called migrants or more specifically, emigrants, immigrants, or settlers, depending on historical setting, circumstances and [[perspective]].
The [[pressures]] of human migrations, whether as outright [[conquest]] or by slow cultural infiltration and resettlement, have affected the grand [[epochs]] in [[history]] and in land (for example, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Roman_Empire Decline of the Roman Empire]); under the [[form]] of colonization, migration has [[transformed]] the world (such as the prehistoric and historic settlements of Australia and the Americas). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_genetics Population genetics] [[studied]] in [[traditionally]] settled modern populations have opened a window into the historical [[patterns]] of migrations, a [[technique]] pioneered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Luca_Cavalli-Sforza Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer Forced migration] has been a means of social [[control]] under [[authoritarian]] [[regimes]] yet free [[initiative]] migration is a powerful [[factor]] in social [[adjustment]] and the [[growth]] of [[City|urban]] [[populations]].
In December 2003, The Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) was launched with the support of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Annan Kofi Annan] and several countries, with an [[independent]] 19-member Commission, a threefold [[mandate]] and a [[finite]] life-span ending December 2005. Its report, based on regional consultation meetings with stakeholders and scientific reports from leading international migration experts, was published and presented to Kofi Annan on 5 October 2005.
[[Different]] [[types]] of migration include:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_human_migration Seasonal human migration] mainly related to [[agriculture]].
* Rural to Urban, more common in developing countries as industrialization takes effect ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization urbanization])
* Urban to Rural, more common in developed countries due to a higher cost of urban living ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburbanization suburbanization])
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_migration International migration]
[[Category: Biology]]
[[Category: History]]
[[Category: Political Science]]
