The family moved into Kyoto proper some years before Taiga's birth, possibly to escape famine.

About 250,000 people travelled across the Atlantic primarily to seek economic betterment and to escape hardships and famine.

Chinese came too for the same reason, and to escape war and famine in their own country.

It tells the story of an Algerian peasant, Ahmad, who flees his village to escape famine and drought.

However, North Koreans who have fled to China in droves to escape famine have suggested that families are spending almost all their money on food.

Karl-Oskar, Kristina and their children - seeking to escape poverty and famine and finding a place where their work pays off.

The islanders are thought to have fled dry land to escape war and famine around three thousand years ago.

Other stories of various other tribes report migrations to escape famine, over-population, and warfare.

To escape famine or natural disaster.

Another view seems to be that his family settled in Manchuria like many Koreans at the time to escape famine.