Issues of Migration in Nagaland

The movement of people from one place in the world to another for the purpose of taking up permanent or semi-permanent residence, usually across a political boundary is called migration. People can either choose to move which is “voluntary migration” or be forced to move which is “involuntary migration”. A variety of reasons lie behind migration. People may migrate in order to improve their economic situation, or to escape civil strife, persecution, and environmental disasters. The reasons encouraging an individual to migrate were categorized as “push” or “pull” factors. Push factors come in when people are left with no choice but to leave their country of origin. Pull factor happens when people are attracted to move to a particular area or place from their own home. The present state of Nagaland, which has an area of 16, 579 sq. km. with a population density of 119 per sq. km, has been faced with migration issues during the recent years. Thus, taking into account all the push and pull factor of migration, this article tries to explain the reason for the in and out migration in the state of Nagaland.