Migration In Ethiopia Migration

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In human term, migration is the movement of people across a specified boundary (international and internal) for the purpose of establishing a new residence. Migration is from one of the part of the country to the other part. Migration is the common phenomena particularly in developing countries the reason for migration are different from one area to another area. Migration is confounded by the fact that migration is an activity (changing residence) carried out by people (the migrant under varying legal and socio political circumstances. (BHATIA, 1992). As conceptual frame work notes the world wide number of people living outside their country of birth has been growing in 2013. There was an estimated 232 million international migrants who live and work outside their country in the world today. Since 1990, the number of international migrants in the global North increased by around 53 million (65%), while the migrant population in the global South grew by around 24 million (34%) (UN, 2013), Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision. The number of women migrating internationally has been growing of faster rate than men. In 1960 women accounted for 45% of all international migrants, where in 2005 represented 49.6% of all international migrants (UN, 2005 ) In Ethiopia migration is believed to have started during 10th century where the Oromo people migrated from highland of bale to low land of the country. During this time migration took place

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