The spontaneous rural-rural migration is one of the least investi gated subj ects in Eth iopi a. The aim of the rnthesis is to add some information on the existing studies so far. Furthermore, the maj or theme of the thesis rnis focusing on identifYing the factors and outcomes of spontaneous migration both in the area of origin rnand destination Dega Damot and Gidda Ayana woredas respectively. rnThere is a general consensus from the previous studies that spontaneous migration and settlement is rnusually the outcomes of drought or famine, scarcity of arable land, high population pressure, degradation rnand fragmentation of land, lack of oxen and other social related problems. rnThe spontaneous out migration of Dega Damot peasants has a similar attributes to its counterparts of the rnhighland parts of northern Ethiopia except drought. Migration experience of Dega Damol peasants to the rnlowland part of Gidda Ayana started in 1990. The migrants of Dega Damol Woreda fl ocked one rnfollowed by another to the aforementioned Woreda since 1990 due to two main reasons. The first one is rnthe establishment of State Farms in Anger Gutin .Even though State Farms particularly those initi ated by rnForeign aids had been practiced in Anger Gutin since 1972, it was the Derue State Fa rm that was rnimplemented after 1984/5 famine became very intensive and able to create employment opportunity fo r rnthe people of different ethnic background. This created the exposure for peasants of Go}j am in part icul ar rnand Amhara in general. Secondly, the resettlement attempt of Dega Damol peasants to the lowland part of rnGidda Ayana in 1990 also created exposure for spontaneous migrants. The peasants voluntarily initiated rnth is resettlement program by having permission from the concerned bodies at both end s. In the same year rnthe resettlement program was started, which in turn paved the way for the wave of the then mi gration. rnAfter that, out migration was initiated by the interplay of push and pull factors. rnAs the findin g reveals, the decision of out migration of Dega Damot peasants is the cumulative effect of rnindividuals, families and community in general. As Castle and Miller (2003:29) put it as the Micro, Meso rnand Macro-structure are intertwined in the migratory process; there is no clear di viding line between rnthem. That means no single cause is sufficient to explain why people dec ided to leave their ori gin and rnsettle in another area. rnThe migration of the peasants of Amhara region in general and Gojj am in particular to Eastern Wollega rnhas both positive and negative results. The positive effects of migration at destination includes rnintensification of production which in turn created economic relations (Sharecropping, hiring labour and rnexchange of goods and services); the emergence of social integration through; Jddir, mahber, Tul matbat rnand marriage. The negative outcomes of it at destination encompass deforestation and inter-ethnic conflict rnmain ly due to economic reason. But at the area of origin migration is characteri zed by only positi ve rnoutcomes since it gives breathing by easing pressure on land space for the people who stayed behind in rnaddition to remittance. Due to the existence of high population pressure in Dega Damol Woreda, still rnmigration does not create shortage of labour.