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Geography

Chapter 19 - Migration

TermDefinition
migrate move from one place to another
internal migration move from one place to another within a country
international migration leave one country to go live in another
migrant a person who moves from one place to another to find work or better living conditions
immigrant a person who comes to live in a foreign country
emigrant a person who leaves their own country to live in another
refugee an immigrant given special permission to live in another country because of war, natural disasters or persecution
asylum seeker an immigrant looking to be accepted as a refugee in another country
internally displaced person a person forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders
forced migration when someone is forced to move due to war or famine
individual migration when a person moves from one country or district to another
organised migration planned migration of people carried out by governments or other agencies
push factors factors that force a person to move examples -drought -famine -over-population -lack of jobs -climate change -civil war
pull factors factors that attract a person to move to another country or region examples -better jobs -better education -better standard of living -better access to services
barriers to migration factors that prevent or discourage migration from occurring examples -leaving family -cost of travel
globalisation is the process whereby the world has become more interconnected
network factors globalisation has introduced factors known as network factors that have influenced migration. these factors include- -the flee flow of information -improved global communications -the faster and lower cost of moving from one place to another
origin source
multi-ethnic culturally mixed
loss of well-educated people brain drain
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