Back Menslike migrasie Afrikaans Migration ALS هجرة بشرية Arabic জনপ্ৰব্ৰজন Assamese Migración humana AST प्रवास AWA Miqrasiya Azerbaijani Халыҡтың миграцияһы Bashkir Міграцыя насельніцтва Byelorussian Перасяленьне BE-X-OLD
- For the general concept of species moving around, see migration. For people moving data around see data migration.
Human migration is people moving from one place to another. Migration can be within countries or between countries, and it often involves large groups of people. Humans are known to have migrated extensively throughout history and prehistory.
Sometimes, the movement is voluntary, but sometimes, people are forced to move. They may suffer warfare, religious and political persecution, famine, and other natural disasters.
When people are forced to move, they are refugees. Many refugees are illegal immigrants and more than half are children and women. They may live in extreme poverty, lacking food, shelter, clothing, education and medical care.