Abstract
The role of internal migration to the rural poor households is highly appreciable because of its low cost of travel and immediate response for livelihood shocks and problems. Despite the fact, internal migration has tremendous contribution to the livelihood of the rural households; yet it is not free of challenges in the pursuit of its benefits. This study similar to previous works have recommended for the need to conduct study on the challenges of domestic migration. Therefore, this study mainly focused on the main challenges associated with internal migration in rural setting of North Gondar where internal migration is dominated. Both quantitative and qualitative research approaches were utilized. According to the study, the result revealed migration towards the rural areas for labor work following farming activities in the large scale farming fenced with ethnic conflict among workers, prevalence of theft, payment suspension as well disease. Besides, the result of the study revealed that migrants toward the urban area challenges are mainly related with brokers’ deception, lack of immediate job and life costs. Thus, if internal migration is required to play its role as one of the livelihood strategy for subsistence producers of the rural households in the domestic market, the associated challenges of internal migration must have relieving solutions. Key words: Challenge, Dabat district, domestic, migration, livelihood.
Highlights
Migration of people from place to place has been existing from the beginning of human history up to the realities today
As the large share of the respondents were engaged in agriculture, the existence of intense agricultural related challenges were assumed as the prime push factors for migration decision
It has been understood that internal migration is not free of challenges
Summary
Migration of people from place to place has been existing from the beginning of human history up to the realities today. Migration have been found to be the result of the difference between developed and developing regions in terms of the employment opportunities, the remuneration amount, the peace and security and the quality of life that they have for their people (Sorensen, 2004). It interfaces with the theory of dual economy which explains the mutual benefit of the two extremes (IOM, 2003; Adamnesh 2006). The flow of people from the less attractive labor market to the market place that migrants assume lucrative will occur
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