Question

“When we went to sleep at night, we were afraid we wouldn’t wake up the next morning because of the bombing,” explained Ahmed, a migrant from Syria. “We had to leave!”

Investigate how the quote from a case study on migration connects to broader trends. This quote gives an example of which of the following?

(1 point)
Responses

pull factor
pull factor

voluntary migration
voluntary migration

push factor
push factor

economic migration

Answer 1

The quote from Ahmed, a migrant from Syria, connects to the broader trend of push factors. Push factors are reasons that force people to leave their homes and migrate to another location. In this case, the fear of not waking up the next morning due to bombing is a significant push factor for Ahmed and other Syrians to leave their country and seek safety elsewhere.