The correct answer is (d.) The movement from a rural area to a larger town, and then to a metropolis is the best example of a step of migration.

The correct answer is – B. War and instability in Somalia dramatically increased Somalian refugee applications to the US.

The correct answer choice is “A”. Half of refugees that came to the US in 2007 were from Africa and Asia.

Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps towards a final destination. For example, someone trying to get to North Korea from America would first have to fly to China, then swim or take a boat to North Korea.

In 1948, 492 immigrants sailed from Jamaica to London on the Empire Windrush, looking to start a new life in the United Kingdom. This is an example of voluntary migration . In 1972 President Idi Amin expelled Uganda’s Asian population from the country.

For example, if illegal immigrants are found in the U.S., they can be deported immediately if they cannot obtain a visa. Another form of counter migration is when a person has immigrated, become financially stable, and received and education, they returns to their original country to be with family or get a job.

Step migration is a migration pattern conceptualized in 1885 by Ernst Georg Ravenstein who observed migration as occurring stage by stage as rural inhabitants move closer to urban areas of growth.

Push and pull factors of migration

• Lack of employment.
• Lack of health, education and entertainment facilities.
• Dissatisfaction with traditions, norms, and values.
• Poverty and low standard of living.
• Discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, politics, etc.
• Inadequate facilities for maintaining livelihood.

Push factors encourage people to leave their points of origin and settle elsewhere, while pull factors attract migrants to new areas. For example, high unemployment is a common push factor, while an abundance of jobs is an effective pull factor.

Increased housing opportunities is an example of pull factor.

Push factors can be extremely strong sometimes, such as political persecution, racism, sexism, but can also be less impactful, like an inability to find a job. Pull factors psychologically encourage people to move into a new country, creating a sense of comfort and hope.

Apart from all medical and education facilities are no a major push factor as these facilities can be generated in the locality or region and thus cannot become a permanent push factor in the concept of growth.

Answer: medical / educational facilities is not a pull factor for migration.