Reasons Migrate 1. People migrate for both voluntary and involuntary reasons 2. Voluntary migration occurs when people choose to leave one place for another 3. An example of voluntary migration is moving to Florida from the northeastern U.S. in search of warmer weather 4. Involuntary migration occurs when people are forced to move to a new place 5. Africans who were kidnapped and brought to the Americas as slaves are an example of involuntary migrants