why do people migrate from their place of origin?
Migration
china
Many Chinese were tiring to escape the poverty and famine created prior to Taiping Rebellion. Many decided to try their luck elsewhere. Death and destruction from the Opium Wars and Boxer rebellion also contributed to many Chinese leaving. Most of the people that left China were poor peasants looking for better opportunities.
Job opportunities were also a major factor that led to Chinese migration. They also moved to the US during the Gold Rush of the 1950's and to work on the Trans Continental Railroad.
Job opportunities were also a major factor that led to Chinese migration. They also moved to the US during the Gold Rush of the 1950's and to work on the Trans Continental Railroad.
Japan
The Japanese and Hawaiian governments came to an agreement that sent 29,000 Japanese to work the sugar canes in Hawaii. Some attempted to create settler colonies in Mexico but failed. Many Japanese students also left Japan to study in the US. Most settled in the San Francisco and Seattle regions.
India
Immigration to the United States from India started in the early 19th century when Indian immigrants began settling in communities along the West Coast. Although they originally arrived in small numbers, new opportunities arose in middle of the 20th century, and the population grew larger in following decades. As of 2019, about 2.7 million Indian immigrants resided in the United States. Today, Indian immigrants account for approximately 6 percent of the U.S. foreign-born population, making them the second-largest immigrant group in the country, after Mexicans and ahead of immigrants from China and the Philippines.
The first wave of Indian immigrants found work mainly in the agriculture, lumber, and railroad industries.
The first wave of Indian immigrants found work mainly in the agriculture, lumber, and railroad industries.
Philippines
The first wave of Filipino immigrants arrived in the United States following the U.S. annexation of the Philippines in 1899. Many Filipinos came to work in agriculture, primarily on fruit and vegetable farms along the West Coast and sugarcane plantations in Hawaii, though some came to the United States to obtain education.
Europe
There were several push factors and pull factors that led to increased migration to the Americas. Across Europe, people were leaving their homelands for the economic opportunities in the U.S.’s factories and plantations in Latin America. Irish immigrants emigrated out of Ireland as a result of a potato famine. Jewish Europeans immigrated to the Americas in order to escape religious persecution and anti-Semitism. Italian immigrants left to settle in Argentina and the US because of the wars of unification in the middle of the 18th century. Most Italians that came to the US went to the cities looking for work in the factories. One of the reasons many wen to Argentina was that Argentina had pro immigration laws. For example, Argentina stated that those who were looking to cultivate the lands, improve domestic industries, and teach the arts and sciences would not pay taxes. Due to the advancements in steamships, large waves of European immigrants resettled in the Americas, creating new diasporas. However, because of the ease of travel created by the steamships many Italians were able to return home after a few years working in Argentina.
South East Asia
At the end of WWII, the US Cold War policies against communism and interventions in Asia led to migrations of people from that area. The end of the Korean War and Vietnam War and the "Secret Wars" in Southeast Asia brought a new wave of Asian American immigration, as people from Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia arrived. Some of the new immigrants were war brides, who were soon joined by their families. Others, like the Southeast Asians, were either highly skilled and educated, or part of subsequent waves of refugees seeking asylum.
Polynesians
Migration for some Pacific Islanders began when the Mormon church sent students to Hawaii for higher education, and then to the United States. Others were brought to this country to work on Mormon church construction projects. Military service after World War II also brought Pacific Islanders to the United States. They settled in California and Washington, especially Southern California cities like San Diego, Oceanside, and Long Beach. Now many migrate looking for employment.
Latin America
Migration from Latin America began after the Gold Rush. Approximately, 10,000 Chilean and Mexican miners migrated to search for gold. In 1910, thousands of Mexicans migrated due to the Mexican Civil War called "La Revolucion." It was not until WII when the US needed farm labor that Mexicans began to migrate in mass due to the Bracero Program.
Elsewhere in Latin America migration was also a result of Cold War policies and economic US policies that left Latin American countries in poverty or with civil wars. For example, many Cuban immigrants left Communist Cuba aided by favorable US immigration policies. Similarly, people left Guatemala after a US aided coup left that country with a dictator an a continuous civil war.
Elsewhere in Latin America migration was also a result of Cold War policies and economic US policies that left Latin American countries in poverty or with civil wars. For example, many Cuban immigrants left Communist Cuba aided by favorable US immigration policies. Similarly, people left Guatemala after a US aided coup left that country with a dictator an a continuous civil war.
Emigration
Native Americans
The Indian Removal Act of 1830, forced migration, the creation of Reservations, broken treaties, and the enacting of genocide against Native American people meant that many were forced to emigrate to places that were not their ancestral lands.
African Americans
After Reconstruction many Africans Americans left the South due to the lynchings and mass incarcerations looking for better opportunities in the North and West Coast.