In some developing countries such as Ethiopia the phenomenon of ruralurbanrnmigration which is mainly triggered by rural 'push' factors than urban 'pull' factors is the main cause of unbalanced rate of population growth and distribution between urban and rural areas. This situation in turn affects the healthyrndevelopment of both urban and rural areas.rnIn spite of this fact, not much in known on many of the aspects of rural-urbanrnmigration. The present study of migration to Kombolcha is mainly concerned with anrnassessment of the flow pattern and characteristics of migrants, and the major causesrnand consequences of the flow of people from rural to urban areas.rnIn order to find out the problems, 537 household heads were randomlyrnselected from the total household heads residing in the town. Structured and openrnended questionnaires were prepared on the demographic and socio-eocnomicrncharacteristics of both migrant and non-migrant households. However, large part ofrnthe questionnaire is mainly centered around the migrants.rnMost of the migrants move to the town alone. They have some informationrnabout the town and the decision of their migration is mostly made by themselves.rnHowever, most of them migrated spontaneously. A greater number of the migrantsrnare short distance migrants, young adults, males, married and had some form ofrneducation.rnThere are many causes for the movement of the people to the town. Amongrnthem the need to join friends and relatives, the search for job and urban amenitiesrnand facilities are the most important.rnMany of the migrants encountered problems at the initial period of adjustmentrnand adaptation and even currently. However, many of them are not far below thernnatives in the town in their socio-eocnomic conditions.rnIn line with this, some useful points of recommendations for effective urbanrnmanagement and rural development activities are suggested