Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Washington Times' Stephen Dinan explained the concepts of push and pull factors and discussed the reasons for migration out of Central American ...

For years there have been claims that sea rescue is a pull factor in asylum-related migration. But is this theory true? Some argue that more people will dare to embark on the perilous journey across ...

The head of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claims that moves by Republican governors to transport illegal immigrants deeper into the interior are acting as a "pull factor" drawing more migrants ...

Of all the hapless migrants caught up in the UK's increasingly dark and draconian immigration legislation, probably women trafficked into the sex trade are the only group to see a small patch of blue ...

Round 42 in the never ending war against ratbaggery brings us to the argument of what drives asylum seeker numbers – push factors vs. pull factors. Proponents of the push factor view claim that the ...

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri last week pointed to a widespread claim that the presence of NGO search and rescue (SAR) operations near Libya is a pull factor for migrants hoping to cross the ...

“There’s a pull factor created by this, and the policies in Denver for paying for onward destinations,” Gutiérrez said. City leaders The Denver Gazette spoke to remained less than convinced. Several ...

Regional residents and tourists are coming to Alexandria to shop, making it one of the top three statewide for its “pull factor” for similar-sized cities. Alexandria’s taxable retail and service sales ...