ABSTRACT
This chapter considers some of the different theories for understanding migration. It examines how those key migration theories can help us understand migration to new immigration destinations (NIDs) before moving on to describe in detail the features of this new wave of migration. One of the features of modern migration is heterogeneity among and between migrant groups, despite constant referral to 'migrants' as a unified group of people. The chapter expresses that the label is very wide ranging and has become a catch-all for many different types of individuals. It focuses on how people move for different reasons and that they differ across a range of traits, including gender, age, faith, class and education levels. This diversity is evident within pre-established migrant gateways, as well as in new urban, rural and small town locales. Labels are often used by right-leaning media to portray negative images, and in doing so they reinforce negative stereotypes of migrants.
