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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.
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