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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_migrations_to_up(self, migration_id=None):
 """Find migrations to execute."""

        if migration_id is not None:
            migration_id = MigrationFile.validate_id(migration_id)
            if not migration_id:
                return []

        migrations = self.get_unregistered_migrations()
        if not migrations:
            logger.info(self.NO_MIGRATIONS_MSG)
            return []

        if migration_id:
            try:
                last_migration = [m for m in migrations
                                  if m.id == migration_id][0]
            except IndexError:
                logger.error('Migration is not in unregistered list: %s'
                             % migration_id)
                self.show_status()
                return []
        else:
            last_migration = list(migrations)[-1]

        return [m for m in migrations if m.id <= last_migration.id]