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 - could be like school

Family based migration: migration of people specific location because relatives previously migrated there

Guest worker; 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 location

Push factor; a factor the induces people to leave old locations

Remittance; transfer money 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; From urban to rural areas in developed countries

Floodplain; Subject to flooding during given number of years according to historical trends

Immigration; migration to a new location

International migration; Permanent movement from one country to another

Intro regional migration; Permanent movement within one region of a country

Net migration; difference between level of immigration and level of emmigration

Quota; law that places maximum limits on number of immigrants per year

Step migration; Migration the follows steps to the final destination

Circular migration; temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host country

Emmigration; Migration out of home

Forced migration; in voluntary 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 the migration pattern in society As a result of social factors from the 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