History A-Level
Push and pull factors in migration
What Push and pull factors in migration means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Push and pull factors in migration
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Economic push factors such as shortages and poor housing, and social and political pull factors including the desire for freedom, together drove the flood of refugees.
Topics that use Push and pull factors in migration
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 5 Reunification: recreating a united Germany, 1989–90 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Significance for the reunification process
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