Unit 2 Chapter 4

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 more 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

Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.

Migration Transition

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 movement 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.

Reffugees

People who are forced to migrate from there home country and cannot return for fear of persecution for 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 towards a final destination

Unauthorized Immigrant

A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so

Voluntary Migration

Permanent movement undertaken by choice.