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Human migration is a reflection of the balance between push and pull factors. Elaborate with reference to the most recent diaspora.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Population and Settlement Geography

A diaspora is a dispersed population that sustains an active link with a real or imagined homeland; the persistence of that link, not the act of departure, separates a diaspora from ordinary emigration.

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