Why do people migrate? Experts tend to look for economic or political reasons to ascertain what pushes people to migrate and pulls them to particular places. Other less measurable factors include expanded opportunities, further education and the search for ‘the good life’. The world today has approximately 150.3 million labour migrants who move aboard for employment (ILO 2015a). While Sāmoa is no exception to this global trend, the contemporary flows of labour migration, especially into Sāmoa has yet to be comprehensively mapped.
