Key Definitions- Demography Flashcards
What is migration?
Movement of people from one place to another to live or work.
What is a pull factor?
Reasons to move TO a country.
What is a push factor?
Reasons to move AWAY from a country.
What is internal migration?
Migration within a country.
What is international migration?
Migration between countries.
What is rural-urban migration?
Migration from the countryside to a city.
What is net migration?
The difference between the number of people who enter and leave a country.
What is a migrant?
A person who has left a country to migrate to another.
What is a refugee?
A person who has fled from danger.
What is immigration?
Migration INTO a country.
What is emigration?
Migration OUT of a country.
What is right of asylum?
Protection given to a political refugee by a country.
What is demography?
The study of a population.
