Editing Human migration (section)

{{short description |Movement of people for their benefit}}
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'''Human migration''' is the movement of people from one place to another,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-14 |title=Introduction to Human Migration |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/introduction-human-migration/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910165944/http://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/introduction-human-migration/ |archive-date=2016-09-10 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=National Geographic Society |language=en}}</ref> with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one [[country]] to another (external migration), but [[internal migration]] (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.<ref name="WMR">''[https://www.iom.int/wmr/ World Migration Report]''</ref>{{rp|page=21}}

Migration is often associated with better [[human capital]] at both individual and household level, and with better access to migration networks, facilitating a possible second move.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Razum |first1=Oliver |title=Populations at Special Health Risk: Migrants |date= 2017 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128036785003453 |encyclopedia=International Encyclopedia of Public Health |edition= 2nd |pages=591–598 |editor-last=Quah |editor-first=Stella R. |place=Oxford |publisher=[[Academic Press]] |language=en |isbn=978-0128037089 |access-date=October 11, 2022 |last2=Samkange-Zeeb |first2=Florence |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00345-3 |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014084425/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128036785003453 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It has a high potential to improve human development, and some studies confirm that migration is the most direct route out of poverty.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=Shailendra |last2=Choudhury |first2=Sanghamitra |date=2021-01-01 |title=Migrant workers and human rights: A critical study on India's COVID-19 lockdown policy |journal=Social Sciences & Humanities Open |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=100130 |doi=10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100130 |s2cid=234161193 |issn=2590-2911|doi-access=free }}</ref> Age is also important for both work and non-work migration.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Coxhead |first1=Ian |last2=Cuong |first2=Nguyen Viet |last3=Vu |first3=Linh Hoang |title=Migration in Vietnam: New Evidence from Recent Surveys |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |date=2015 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.2752834 |s2cid=34975118 |url=https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/70217/1/MPRA_paper_70217.pdf}}</ref> People may migrate as individuals, in [[family unit]]s or in [[Mass migration|large groups]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://migrationsmap.net/#/USA/arrivals |title=Migrations country wise |access-date=7 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211025416/http://migrationsmap.net/#/USA/arrivals |archive-date=2016-02-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref> There are four major forms of migration: [[invasion]], [[conquest]], [[colonization]] and [[emigration]]/[[immigration]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the City |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave |url-access=limited |last= Caves |first=R. W. |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0415252256 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave/page/n501 461]}}</ref>

People moving from their home due to [[forced displacement]] (such as a natural disaster or civil disturbance) may be described as displaced persons or, if remaining in the home country, [[internally displaced person|internally-displaced person]]s. People who flee to a different country due to political, religious, or other types of persecution in their home country can formally request shelter in the host country. These people are commonly referred to as [[asylum seeker]]s. If the application is approved, their legal classification changes to that of [[refugee]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a refugee? |url=https://www.unhcr.org/what-refugee |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=UNHCR}}</ref>