Chapter 3 Vocab

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Asylum Seeker

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Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee

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Brain Drain

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Large scale emigration by talented people

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Chain Migration

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Migration of people to a specific location because of relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

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Circulation

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Short term repetitive or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

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Counter Urbanization

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Net migration from Urban to Rural areas in more developed countries

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Emigration

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Migration from a country

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Flood plain

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The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to the historical trends

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Forced Migration

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Permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factor

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Guest Worker

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A term used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of a higher paying job

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Immigration

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Migration to a country

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Internal Migration

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Permanent movement within a country

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Internally Displaced Person

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Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border

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International Migration

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Permanent movement from country to another

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Interregional Migration

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Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

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Intervening Obstacles

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An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

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Intraregional Migration

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Permanent movement within one region of a country

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Migration

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A form of diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location

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Migration Transition

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A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization population growth, and other social economic changes that also produce the demographic transition

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Mobility

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All types of movement between locations

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Net Migration

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The difference between the level of immigration and the level of the emigration

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Pull Factor

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A factor that induces people to move to a new location

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Push Factor

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A factor that induces people to leave a location

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Quotas

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In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

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Refugee

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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

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Unauthorized Immigrants

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people who can enter the country without proper documents to do so

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Voluntary Migration

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permanent movement undertaken underneath by choice

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Remittances

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Money that migrants send back to their friends and family in their home country

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Step Migration

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Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages