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Destiny chapter 3
Rubenstein vocab for chapter 3
Term | Definition |
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Asylum seeker | someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee. |
Brain drain | large-scale emigration by talented people. |
Chain migration | migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. |
Circulation | short-term, repetitive , or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. |
Counterurbanization | net migration to urban to rural areas in more developed countries. |
Emigration | migration from a location. |
Floodplain | the area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends. |
Forced migration | permanent movement, usually compelled of cultural factors. |
Guest worker | a term used once for a worker who migrated to developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of a higher-paying job. |
Immigration | migration to a new location. |
Internal migration | permanent movement within a particular country. |
Internally displaced person | someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border. |