1.2 Migration KEY DEFINITIONS Flashcards
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
Pull factors
Positive conditions at the point of destination
Which encourage people to migrate
Refugees
People forced to flee their homes due to human or environmental factors and who cross an international border into another country
Internally displaced people
People forced to flee their homes due to human or environmental factors who remain in the same country
Rural-to-urban migration
The movement of significant numbers of people from the countryside to towns and cities
Remittances
Money sent back to their families in their home communities by migrants
Immigration
Migration into a country
Emigration
Migration out of a country
