FACTORS AFFECTING IMMIGRATION

Immigration:
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

Push:
The factors that cause someone to emigrate from a country

Pull:
The factors that cause someone to immigrate to a country

PUSH FACTORS IN INDIA

• Environment
• Politics
• Economics

POLITICS

• Religious Beliefs
• Political beliefs

ECONOMICS

• High unemployment rate
• Better jobs elsewhere
• Lower wages in india
• Desirable workers

ENVIRONMENT

• Pollution
• Natural disaters
• Health issues

TOP COUNTRIES INDIANS EMIGRATE TO

CANADA'S PULL FACTORS

• Free health-care
• Education
• Job opportunities
• Democratic government
• Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms

HEALTH CARE

• Free
• Acessible
• Good quality

EDUCATION SYSTEM

• Free
• Acessible to all
• All subjects taught

JOBS

• Many opportunities
• Fair wages

GOVERNMENT

• Democratic
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Multi-Cultural

RELATIONSHIP TO LIFE OF PI

• Pi's family left under Indira Ghandi's dictatorship
• The Zoo
• Why Canada?

Conclusion

Questions?