Research Thesis 2021-22
Priya Barot
Most of the migrants speak their native language and it takes time to learn a new language. This may generate a gap between communities and it affects the social interaction and also the neighborhood. Communicating easily is a must to get a job and do work contract. 2. Securing accommodation on arrival In the starting period of migration, migrant’s majority stay with their relatives because it gives a sense of belonging to them. Afterward, they move and live in a rent room but still, there are a large number of people who have no homes and stay on sites or industries. So many migrants were not able to have their own house till they spent so many years in the urban city which generate a fear of losing their home. 3. Experience racism In host cities, few people believe that some races of people are better than others and they do treat them differently by giving a low age in comparison to working or maybe give a low category of job. These are the unfair ways of treating people of different races. Experience of racism is a common concept followed by some people. 4. No familiar context Migrating from village to city is a different challenge and in the starting period of migration, people don’t have any idea about the spaces, common facilities like healthcare, public transportation, and operating system of some technical gadgets. That results in informal settlements and face difficulties to fulfill basic needs.
3.1.5 Factors Causing Migration There are several factors by which migration takes place but for a better understanding researchers divide those simply into three categories. The push factors contain the drawbacks of the birth or native places which force people to move into the urban areas, whereas the urban cities also have some noticeable points which attract people to migrate which goes under the pull factors. The origin has more push factors rather than pull factors and that leads to the rise in migration numbers, whereas, the opposite scenario is the opposite side in the destination cities. Host cities have more pull factors in all the categories which allow a high number of inter-state migration throughout India.
3.1.5.1 Push Factors 1. High level of poverty People facing a financial crisis and because of that, they cannot able to match the basic standards of living. The main reasons for it are low productivity, unemployment and underdevelopment, poor economic conditions, lack of opportunities for advancement. Their employment has very low income and the earning done by only two members of the
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