Migration in a global village

Migration (immigration and emigration) has been an ongoing phenomenon for ages, it’s fair to describe it as a characteristic of animals as opposed to plants. Pull or push factors such as political/religious persecution, education, war, labour shortages, friendly government policies, fine weather, history/culture and economic prosperity/hardship are generally responsible for the trends at any point in time. It can be quite interesting to keep track of the trends and motivation behind this endless movement of people especially skilled workers in our so called “global village” as the barriers to movement become less physical.