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APHUG Unit 2 Part 8
Term | Definition |
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Quota | In reference to migration, a law that places a maximum limit on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. |
Refugee | Someone who is forced to migrate from his or her home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of his or her race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion. |
Remittance | Transfer of money by workers to people in a country from which they emigrated. |
Unauthorized immigrant | A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so. |
Voluntary migration | Permanent movement undertaken by choice. |