#Whymigrate? Exploring migration through twitter
Where do people migrate? Across borders or within countries? Why do people move for jobs, for education? We used twitter to find out.
- #Whymigrate?
- Curiosity
@GdnDevelopment #Whymigrate I want to see the world,how others live in other places besides #SouthAfrica
#whymigrate from Nigeria to Poland in '93 for missions, been to 35 countries. Really love Poland. Got involved in politics, became an MP- Quality of life
@GdnDevelopment #Whymigrate - opportunities & safety. originally from Ethiopia now a US Citizen grandparents got political Asylum in 80s
#Santiago de #Chile -> #NewZealand (Quality of life) -> #Thailand (Cheap, tasty & amazing paradise) #whymigrate
@GdnDevelopment from DRCongo to the US because of the living conditions. #whymigrate
@GdnDevelopment #whymigrate : Bombay to Delhi in quest for a better quality of life. Moved for open spaces, more trees, history & heritage.- For family
@GdnDevelopment #whymigrate #Libyan born, #Ghanaian origin, #Manchester raised. I went where my parents went.
@GdnDevelopment born Bo, Sierra Leone to Liverpool, UK as child with mother who was returning to UK #whymigrate- To study
@GdnDevelopment Born in the Philippines, raised on Guam, college in the US and now living in Beijing. #Whymigrate? jobs, school, US passport- For work
@gdndevelopment #WhyMigrate iam Nigerian migrated to Ghana bcos its economy is in track for serious economic development
@GdnDevelopment Angola->Namibia->South Africa->England #Whymigrate jobs, money, escaping crime, trying something new
@GdnDevelopment #whymigrate Burma -> Hong Kong -> UK Economic & political, study & economic
#whymigrate US-Ethiopia-Somaliland-Kenya-US-UK study-research-work-notsurewhatIwanttobewhenIgrowup-love-family-kids = migration scholar
@GdnDevelopment #whymigrate From the Philippines, to Singapore. Economic and family/personal reasons.- For love!
From Slovakia to Cambodia, Vietnam, back to Cambodia, now off to Singapore. For work, love, new experiences #Whymigrate #globaldev
ITGabsInteresting! when you do something similar just shout or poke! thansk2013-01-24T11:49:32.649Z
