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Push Factor
Something that induces people to move out of their present location
Pull Factor
Something that induces people to move into a new location
Refugee
Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters and cannot return due to fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
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
Asylum Seeker
someone who has migrated to another country in hope of being recognized as a refugee.
Floodplain
an area subject to flooding during a specific number of years, based on historical trends
Desertification
deterioration of land to a desertlike condition typically due to human actions
Intervening Obstacle
an environmental or political feature that hinders migration
Step Migration
the process of moving from one place to another in a series of stages
Remittance
the transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated
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