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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 ...

Whenever I hear the term 'pull factor', a sigh escapes my lips. Unfortunately, this occurs several times a day at the moment, given the term's inflationary use in the many polarised, if not to say ...

“The pull factor right now is that, as long as people are coming to the border, and they feel that they’re hitting a speed bump, and they’re being released and waiting four, five, six years for an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...