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Chapter 3 terms

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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.
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 developed countries.
emigration Migration from a location.
family-based migration Migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there.
floodplain The 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 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.
international migration Permanent movement from one country to another.
migration A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location.
migration transition A 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.
intervening obstacle An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
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.
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 because of their 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.
step migration Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps toward a final destination.
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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