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Internal Migrations

Commuters are part of internal migrations

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Migration: Internal Migrations

These are migrations within the same country for example from Masvingo to Harare
For example in Zimbabwe people move from one area to another for varying durations of time
The table below shows some common push and pull […]

Zimbabweans caught attempting to cross into South Africa. Image credit photoshelter.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Migration: International Migrations

This is where people leave their home countries or continents and migrate to other countries.
Examples are whereby people migrate from Mozambique into Zimbabwe and from Zimbabwe to Botswana and South Africa.
People […]

Migration leads to pressure on resources in receiving areas. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Migration: The effects of migration

The movement of people from one area to another has both positive and negative effects in both the area of origin and receiving areas.
These effects can be social, economic […]