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Migration definitions Flashcards

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What is an Asylum seeker?

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A person who seeks entry to another country by claiming to be a refugee.

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Economic migrant

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A person who moves from another country, region or place, involving a permanent or semi-permanent change of residence, to improve their standard of living or job opportunities. 

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Emigration

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Out-migration of people from a country, which involves permanent change of residence. 

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Immigration

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In-migration of people into a country, which involves a permanent change of residence. 

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Intervening-obstacles

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Physical, economic, social and political factors which may disrupt or terminate a migration at any point between origin and destination. 

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Long-term migrant

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A person who moves to a country other than his/her usual residence for a period of at least a year. 

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Migrant remittances

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Money transferred from one country to other than his/her usual residence for a period of at least a year

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Net migration

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Difference between number of people moving permanently into an area and out of that area.

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Pull factors

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Positive attributes of a migrants’ place or destination which attract migrants.

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Push factors

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Positive attributes of migrants’ place or destination

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Short-term migration

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A person who moves to a country other than his/her usual residence for at least 3 months but no more than one year

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Refugee

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A person who moves outside the country of his/her nationality or usual domicile because of genuine fear of persecution or death.

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Internal migration

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Where people move within international boundaries

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International migration

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Movement between nation states

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Origin

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The country/place where a person has come from.

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Destination

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The country/place where a person is going to.

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Stream migration

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Migrants that share a common origin and destination

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Counter stream

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At a lower volume than the migration stream, where migrants are moving in the opposite direction, usually people dissatisfied with their destination and return home. 

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Chain migration

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Once strong links between a rural and urban areas are established, this phenomenon occurs. After a small number of migrants from a rural community have led the way, others from the same rural community follow. 

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Relay migration

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At different stages in a family’s life cycle different people take responsibility for migration in order to improve the financial position of the family. 

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Stepped migration

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This is where the rural migrant initially heads for a familiar small town and then after a period of time moves on to a larger urban settlement. The migrant may take a number of steps up the urban hierarchy. 

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Voluntary migration

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Where the migrant has a free choice about whether or not to move.

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Forced migration

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Where the migrant has little or no choice to move. This may be due to environmental or human factors. 

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Circular migration

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The temporary and usually repetitive movement of a migrant worker between home and host areas, typically for the purpose of employment. It represents an established pattern of mobility, whether cross-country or rural-urban 

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Domicile

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The country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with. 

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Primitive migration

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Where nomadic tribes and shifting cultivation is practised; this can lead to physical factors such as seasonal rainfall causing migration to happen 

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Impelled migration

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This is when there is a perception of either human or physical threat causing (usually mass) migration to occur. 

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Suburbanised village

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A village in the greenbelt that has stated to adopt the characteristics adopt the characteristics of a town

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What is urban-urban migration?

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Urban-urban is where migrants move from one urban area to another urban area. These movements are between SEPARATE urban areas.

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What is intra-urban migration?

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Intra-urban migration is the movement of people within urban settlements.

Geography CIE paper 2 (7 decks)

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