Thus, a range of push factors that contributed to the Fiji Indian emigration process to New Zealand from the 1970s to the early 2000s will be explored in this essay. Push factors of migration, in this context, can be defined as the political instability and the socioeconomic situation or conditions that existed during this timeframe. This research essay will first discuss the political factors, such as the aftermath of independence of Fiji and the 1987 military and the 2000 civil coup d’états, that caused emigration of Fiji Indians to New Zealand. Secondly, it will discuss the culmination of the other socio-cultural and economic factors that aided this emigration
Thus, a range of push factors that contributed to the Fiji Indian emigration process to New Zealand from the 1970s to the early 2000s will be explored in this essay. Push factors of migration, in this context, can be defined as the political instability and the socioeconomic situation or conditions that existed during this timeframe. This research essay will first discuss the political factors, such as the aftermath of independence of Fiji and the 1987 military and the 2000 civil coup d’états, that caused emigration of Fiji Indians to New Zealand. Secondly, it will discuss the culmination of the other socio-cultural and economic factors that aided this emigration