| Type of Government influence on migration | Example |
| Political restraint | The Berlin Wall - built to stop those who had become disillusioned with the communist system in East Berlin from crossing to the West. |
| Political encouragement | The settling of eastern Finland in the 1960s to ensure that the USSR could not easily legitimise any invasion |
| Economic dissuasion | The tax incentives that were offered by the British Government and the EC to keep people and employment in the peripheral areas, e.g. the Highlands and Islands of Scotland |
| Forced movement for economic reasons | Asians in Idi Amin's Uganda - the Asians who ran many of the economic enterprises in Uganda had their property confiscated and pressure was put on them to emigrate; eventually, after resistance, they were expelled. |
| Forced movement for political reasons | Palestinians were expelled from the Occupied West Bank territories in Israel in 1992 in response to violent activities against the occupying Israelis. |
| Economic encouragement | European immigration to Australia in the 1950s through the Assisted Passage Scheme. |
Additional research links:
Global Migration
Center for Migration Studies