Unit Two Part Two: Migration Vocabulary Flashcards
Brain Drain
Large-scale emigration by talented people
Chain Migration
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
Circulation
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis
Counterurbanization
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
Emigration
Migration from a location.
Floodplain
The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
Forced migration
Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors.
Guest worker
Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.
Immigration
Migration to a new location.
Internal Migration
Permanent movement within a particular country.
International migration
Permanent movement from one country to another.
Intrerregional migration
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
Intervening obstacle
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
Intraregional migration
Permanent movement within one region of a country.
Migration
A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location.
Migration transition
A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.
Mobility
All types of movement from one location to another.
Net migration
The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.
Pull factor
A factor that induces people to move to a new location.
Push factor
A factor that induces people to leave old residences.
Quotas
In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year
Refugees
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion
Unauthorized/ Undocumented immigrants
People who enter a country without proper documents.
Voluntary migration
Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
Asylum seeker
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee
Internally displaced person (IDP)
Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
transnational migration
a process of movement and settlement across international borders in which individuals maintain or build multiple networks of connection to their country of origin while at the same time settling in a new country
Circular Migration
The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.
Step Migration
Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps towards a final destination
Census
A complete enumeration of a population.
Environmental Degregation
Depleting of resources because they are used faster than they can be replenished.
Remittances
Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries
