AICE Human Geography Unit 2 Section 1

Internally Displaced People

People forced to flee their homes due to human or environmental factors but who remain in the same country.

In-migration

More people entering a country than leaving.

Counterstream Migration

People returning to the source country for economic and social/cultural reasons.

Circular Migration

The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.

Brain Drain

The loss of highly educated and skilled workers.

Migration

The movement of people across a specified boundary, national or international, to establish a new permanent place of residence.

Push Factors

Negative conditions at the point of origin which encourage or force people to move

Voluntary Migration

When the individual has a free choice about whether or to migrate or not.

Involuntary (Forced) Migration

When people are made to move against their will due to human or environmental factors.

Refugees

People forced to flee their homes due to human or environmental factors and who cross an international border into another country.

Remittances

Money sent back to their families in their home countries by migrants.

Net Migration

The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.

Asylum Seeker

Someone who has migrated to another country in hope of being recognized as a refugee.

Intervening Obstacle to Migration

A barrier to migration, usually some physical barrier such as mountains, the sea, rivers, etc.

International Migration

Permanent movement from one country to another.

Out-Migration

More people leaving the country than entering it.

Immigration

Migration to a new location.

Emigration

Migration from a location.

Step Migration

Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages. For example, from farm to nearby village and later to a town and city.

Chain Migration

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.

Pull Factors

Positive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas.

Stateless Persons

Someone who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law.

Ethnic Cleansing

The systematic killing or extermination of an entire people or nation.

Intervening Oppurtunities

The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away.