Migration Vocabulary Flashcards
Cyclic movement
Movement that takes you away from home for a short period of time
Periodic movement
Movement for a long period of time
Transhumance
Seasonal periodic movement of a rancher
Forced Migration
Do not have a choice to move
Voluntary migration
A choice to move
Chain Migration
Migrate along family links
Intervening Migration
Presence of a nearer opportunity that diminishes the attractiveness of the original destination
In Migration
Move into a region
Internal Migration
Move within a country
Inter regional Migration
Permanent movement from one region to another within a country
Intra regional Migration
Permanent movement within a region
International Migration
Move across country borders
Migration selectivity
Maximum limit of quota
Net migration rate
Difference between immigration and emigration
Out migration
Leave a region
Ernst ravenstien
British geographer who created the laws of migration
Refugee
Person who fled a country because of persecution
Laws of migration
Predict the flow of migrants
Quotas
Establish limits by the government on the numbering immigrants
Asylum
Shelter and protection for refugees
Guest workers
Legal immigrant who has a work visa
Islands of development
A place built by the government to attract foreign investment
Remittances
Money sent back home
Repartition
Government sends refugees back home
