[3] Buddhism would primarily spread along the silk road,[3] and would later on find itself in pockets around the globe, with around 8.5 million Buddhists still residing within India, now a religious minority in the country of its own creation.
The migration, settlement and interaction with the Native peoples of Massachusetts would be celebrated in the present-day United States as Thanksgiving and a watershed moment for religious liberty on the continent.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were motivated to migrate from Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah due to both violent persecutions directed against the sect by Protestant citizens and government officials as well as a desire by Brigham Young to establish a Mormon majority territory that would be governed according to Mormon sensibilities and divine law.
Migration for the poor is mainly circular, as despite moving temporarily to urban areas, they lack the social security which might keep them there more permanently.
Research by the Overseas Development Institute identifies a rapid movement of labour from slower- to faster-growing parts of the economy.