VOCAB 2B AP HUG

Emigration

Movement away from a location

Immigration

Movement towards a location

Net Migration

Difference between the # of emigrants and immigrants in a loco (city or country)

Internal Migration

Movement within a country;s borders.

Transnational Migration

When immigrants to a new country retain strong ties to their original country and many regularly return for visits. (Cultural, emotional, financial ties)

Voluntary Migration

When people make a choice to move to a new location (The push or pull factor must outweigh the the inconvenience of having to travel)

Forced Migration

When people are compelled to move to a new location (economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors)

Asylum Seeker

A person who has left their home country due to fear of persecution and is seeking legal protection and refuge in another country

Refugee

People forced to leave their country for fear of persecution or death.

Internally Displaced Person (IDP)

people who have been forced to flee their home but remain their country’s borders

Unauthorized Immigrants

A person who enters or resides in a country without legal permission.

Chain Migration

When people move to a location because others from their community have previously migrated there

Guest Worker

Migrants who travel to new countries as temporary workers

Intraregional Migration

Movement within one region of the country

Interregional Migration

Movement from one region of a country to another

Intervening Obstacle

An occurrence that holds migrants back

Intervening Opportunity

An occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice

Pull Factor

Positive cause that attracts someone to a new location (stable government, safe neighbors, plentiful job opportunities)

Push Factor

Negative cause that compels someone to a new location (gang violence, hurricanes, declining agricultural activity due to climate change)

Circular Migration

When migrant workers move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs

Step Migration

The series of smaller moves to get to an ultimate destination

Quotas

Limits on the # of immigrants allowed into the country each year

Friction of Distance

A concept that states that the longer the journey is, the more time, effort and cost it will involve.

Remittances

Money earned by emigrants abroad and sent back to home countries

Brain Drain

the loss of trained/educated people to the lure of work in other (often richer) countries.