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Destiny chapter 3
Rubenstein vocab for chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |