What is Emigration?
[[File:Ford Madox Brown, The last of England.jpg|thumb|''[[The Last of England (painting)|The Last of England]]'' by [[Ford Madox Brown]], depicting emigrants leaving England]] [[File:Affiche émigration JP au BR-déb. XXe s..jpg|thumb|Japanese government poster promoting South America]] '''Emigration''' is leaving one's [[country]] or area to go live in another. Emigration (leaving) from one country is usually followed by [[Immigration]] (coming into) into another. The difference between the two is the [[wikt:perspective|perspective]] (or point of view) of which country a person is leaving and which country they are going to.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diffen.com/difference/Emigrate_vs_Immigrate |title=Emigrate vs. Immigrate |author= |website= |publisher= Diffen.com|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> The urge to [[Migration|migrate]] is a part of [[human nature]].<ref name=Isaacsvii>Ann Katherine Isaacs, ''Immigration and Emigration in Historical Perspective'' (Pisa: Edizioni Plus, Pisa University Press, 2007), p. vii</ref> People migrated well before we had [[Pre-history|written history]].<ref name=Isaacsvii/> Emigrants from a place are its [[diaspora]]. People who move around all the time are called [[nomad|nomads]]. == Reasons == Emigration happens for different reasons: * People think that they benefit from moving elsewhere, because they have a better job, or they have a better chance of economic success, or they are economically better off. This kind of migration is generally called [[economic migration]].<ref>Joel P. Trachtman, ''The International Law of Economic Migration: Toward the Fourth Freedom'' (Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2009), pp. 4–5</ref> * The [[climate]], or climatic events force people to move. Climatic events include [[flood|floods]], [[drought|droughts]], [[earthquake|earthquakes]] and [[Volcanic eruption|volcanic eruptions]]. This kind of migration is generally known as [[environmental migration]].<ref>Étienne Piguet; Antoine Pécoud, ''Migration and