Did you know that the first migrants were Africans? Click these links to find out more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_migration#Pre-modern_migrations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/population/migrationrev1.shtml
Today, with advanced technology, migration is increasingly complex as evident in the video.
Closer to home, in Malaysia, migration is prevalent in the food industry. [Is the food industry part of the primary, secondary or tertiary sector?]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12931526
Some developed nations keep a record of the migration flows going in and out of the country. Popular receiving countries like the United Kingdom set up appropriate policies to manage migration.
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/
But could migration be beneficial? Especially so for LDCs like Brazil, Mauritiana and Sri Lanka?
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/gaef3291.doc.htm
Or could it be harmful to DCs like France?
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=486
Philp Adams talks to Dilip Ratha from the World Bank on remittances
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