AP hug unit 3 vocab

Asylum seeker

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

Circulation

Short term cyclical movements that reoccur on a regular basis.

Family based migration

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there.

Guest worker

A term for a worker who migrates to developed countries in search of a higher paying job.

Internally displaced person

Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee, but not across international borders.

Intervening obstacle

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

Mobility

All types of movements between locations.

Push factor

A factor that induces people to leave old locations.

Remittance

Money transferred by workers to people in the country from which they immigrated.

Voluntary migration

Permanent movement by choice.

Brain drain

Loss of talented people from a country.

Brain gain

Gain of talented people into a country.

Counter urbanization

Migration from urban to rural areas in developed countries.

Floodplain

Subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.

Immigration

Migration to a new location.

International migration

Permanent movement from one country to another.

Intra regional migration

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

Net migration

Difference between level of immigration and level of emigration.

Quota

Law that places maximum limits on number of immigrants per year.

Step migration

Migration that follows steps to the final destination.

Circular migration

Temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host country.

Emigration

Migration out of home.

Forced migration

Involuntary movement from one place to another.

Internal migration

Permanent movement within a country.

Interregional migration

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another region.

Migration transition

Change in the migration pattern in society as a result of social factors from demographic transition.

Pull factor

Factors that attract people to move.

Refugees

People who are forced to migrate from their home country due to political issues, war, or persecution.

Unauthorized immigrant

A person who enters the country without the proper documents to do so.