types of migration

Question 1

Asylum seeker

Answer 1

a person who leaves their own country because they fear for their safety, so they seek protection in another country

Question 2

Country of origin

Answer 2

the country that is a source of migratory flows

Question 3

Economic migration

Answer 3

movement of persons from one nation state to another for the purpose of employment. Also known as labour migration.

Question 4

Emigrant

Answer 4

person who moves away from their existing country of residence to live somewhere else.

Question 5

Emigration

Answer 5

the act of leaving a country to settle in another

Question 6

Host county

Answer 6

the country receiving immigrants

Question 7

Forced migration

Answer 7

involves people (forced migrants) who have no option other than to move from their country of origin so as to escape natural disaster, conflict, racial, religious or political persecution or other significant push factors

Question 8

Immigrant

Answer 8

a person who moves into a country to settle there

Question 9

Immigration

Answer 9

the act of moving into a country for settlement

Question 10

Internal migration

Answer 10

movement of people within one country, typically from one region to a different region within that country

Question 11

Internally displaced person

Answer 11

persons or groups of persons who have been forced to flee, or leave, their homes or places of habitual residence because of armed conflict, internal strife, and habitual violations of human rights. By law, they are protected by their nation’s government

Question 12

International migration

Answer 12

the movement of people from one country to another

Question 13

Intra-urban migration

Answer 13

a form of internal migration within a single urban area e.g. within or between suburbs in one city; opposite of inter-urban migration

Question 14

Labour migration

Answer 14

movement of people from one nation state to another for the purpose of employment.

Question 15

Migrant worker

Answer 15

refers to any people working outside of their home country; may include guest workers’ who are engaged under formal policies by host nations to temporarily employ migrants in industries suffering labour shortages

Question 16

Migration

Answer 16

the movement of people from one place of residence to another

Question 17

Out-migration

Answer 17

the movement of people migrating away from a country to settle elsewhere (also called outward migration, external migration, emigration); the opposite of in-migration or immigration

Question 18

Permanent migration

Answer 18

movement from one place to another on a long-term basis

Question 19

Recurrent migration

Answer 19

occurs when migrants repeatedly return to a particular country; and may include leaving and later returning to their homeland

Question 20

Refugee

Answer 20

‘owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality

Question 21

Rural-to-urban migration

Answer 21

the movement of people from countryside to an urban settlement such as a town or city

Question 22

Seasonal migration

Answer 22

periodic migration from region to region, often urban to rural, and back again within a nation

Question 23

Short-term migration

Answer 23

movement on an impermanent basis

Question 24

Skilled migrant

Answer 24

a migrant worker who, because of his or her specialist skills or acquired professional experience, is usually granted preferential treatment regarding admission to a host country

Question 25

Temporary migration

Answer 25

movement on an impermanent basis

Question 26

Voluntary migration

Answer 26

movement from one place to another out of choice