AP HUG Chapter 3: Migration

Urban residents

________ are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas.

Cyclic movement

Movement away from home for a short period

Periodic movement

Movement away from home for a longer period

Transhumance

seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowlands pastures

Migration

A change in residence intended to be permanent

International migration

Movement across country borders (implying a degree of permanence)

Internal migration

Movement within a single country’s borders (implying a degree of permanence)

Forced migration

Movers have no choice but to relocate

Step migration

When a migrant follows a series of stages, steps, toward a final destination

Intervening opportunity

At one of the steps along the path, pull factors encourage the migrant to settle there

Chain migration

Further migration to a place where friends or relatives have already settled

Distance decay

Many migrants settle closer to their old home than they originally contemplate

Guest Workers

Migrants allowed into a country to fill a labor need, assuming the workers will go “home” once the labor need subsides

Refugees

People who flee across an international boundary because of a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, sexual preference