29. Migrations Flashcards
asylum seeker -əˈsaɪləm ˈsiːkə
someone who has to leave their own country because they are in danger and who arrives in another country and asks to be allowed to live there
immigration into/to - from
the process in which people enter a country in order to live there permanently
expatriate
someone who lives in a country that is not their own country
settler
- someone who goes to live in a place where not many people live, and starts to make it into a community
- someone who intends to live permanentely in a new country
refugee
someone who leaves their country, especially during a war or other threatening event
smuggle
to take someone or something secretly and illegally into or out of a country, especially as a way of earning money (contrabando)
overstayer
someone who stays in a country when they no longer have permission to do so
assimilation
to take local attitudes, customs and norms and
make them your own
brain drain
-a situation in which a country’s most intelligent people, especially scientists, go to another country in order to make more money or to improve their living or working conditions
deportation
- forcing someone to leave a country
persecusion
treating someone badly because their
ethnicity, religion, race, language, etc. is different from
others
remittance
income sent home by migrant workers from
abroad; remittances are generally not taxed by the
home country
repatriation
the act of returning to one’s country of origin
sovereignty
the right to rule a country, a nation or state’s supreme power within its
homesick
feeling sad and alone because you are far from home
