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Chapter 3- Migration

TermDefinition
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.
Circular Migration The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.
Circulation Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
Counterurbanization Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
Desertification Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting. Also known as semiarid land degradation.
Emigration Migration FROM a location
Floodplain An area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends.
Forced Migration Permanent movement, compelled by cultural or environmental factors.
Guest Worker A term once used for a worker who migrated to the 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 location
Internal Migration Permanent movement within a particular country.
Internally displaced person (IDP) Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
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 A form of relocation diffusion that involves a permanent move to a new location.
Migration transition A change in themigration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces the demographic transition.
Mobility All types of movements between locations.
Net Migration The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.
Pull Factor A factor that induces people to move to a new location.
Push Factor A factor that induces people to move out of their present location.
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 the 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.
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