Migration: In Search of Utopia

Arshiya Iftekhar Ahmed

Abstract


Migration has been studied over and over by many scholars who wish to break down the human behavior. The following article focuses on how the tendency of a person to migrate is triggered by intrinsic desire for something better rather than any other external push and pull factor which later become the reason for migrating. Humans migrate to obtain the near perfect state of Utopia, whether it is possible or not.

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