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| 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 from urban to rural areas in MDCs |
| 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 compelled usually by cultural factors. |
| Guest workers |
Workers who migrate to MDC in search of higher-paying jobs. |
| Immigration |
Migration TO a new location |
| Internal migration |
Permanent movement within a particular country. |
| International migration |
Permanent movement from one country to another. |
| Interregional migration |
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. |
| Intervening obstacle |
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. |
| Intraregional migration |
Permanent movement within one region of a country. |
| Migration |
Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location |
| Migration Transition |
Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition. |
| Mobility |
All types of movement from one location to another. |
| Net migration |
The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration |
| Pull factors |
Factors that induce people to move to a new location. |
| Push factors |
Factors that induce people to leave old residences. |
| Quota |
In reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. |
| Refugees |
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution. |
| Undocumented immigrants |
People who enter a country without proper documents |
| Voluntary migration |
Permanent movement undertaken by choice. |
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