APHUG Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Asylum seeker

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

Brain drain

Large-scale emigration by talented people

Circular migration

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

Circulation

Short-term, repetitive, or cylical movements that recur on a regular basis

Counterurbanization

Net migration from urban to rural areas in developed countries

Emigration

Migration from a location

Family-based migration

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

Floodplain

The area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends

Forced migration

Permanent movement, compelled by cultural or environmental factors

Guest worker

A term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of a higher-paying job

Immigration

Migration to a new location

Internal migration

Permanent movement within a particular country

Internally displaced person (IDP)

Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border

International migration

Permanent movement from one country to another

Interregional migration

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

Intervening obstacle

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

Intraregional migration

Permanent movement within one region of a country

Migration

A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location

Migration transition

A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic change

Mobility

All types of movements between locations

Net migration

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

Pull factor

A factor that induces people to move to a new location

Push factor

A factor that induces people to leave old locations

Quota

In reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

Refugees

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion

Remittance

Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated

Step migration

Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps toward a final destination

Unauthorized immigrant

A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so

Voluntary migration

Permanent movement undertaken by choice