Question

If a person moves from Canada to Mexico, it would be considered ___________ type of migration.

Answer 1

The correct answer is emigration

Answer 2

If a person moves from Canada to Mexico, it would be considered an external type of migration.

• The movement involving leaving one's resident country is called external migration and therefore moving from Canada to Mexico is considered to be an external type of migration.
• It could be for various reasons like education, economic progress, or improving living standards
• This external migration is further classified into emigration and immigration.
• Leaving the home country is emigration and entering another country for permanent settlement is immigration.
• When the person is leaving Canada, he is an emigrant and if he is entering Mexico for living there permanently then he would be an immigrant.