Miscellaneous
Money made by migrants that is sent home to support the family
Remittances
Factors that induce people to leave their present location
What is a push factor
What is emigration
Departure from one's country to another
A person who has regular movement between 2 or more countries
What is transnational migration
The largest number of refugees come from
Syria
How do you find net migration
Immigrants - emigrants
Factors that induce people to move to a new location
What is a pull factor
A permanent move to a new location is know as
What is migration
Movement that takes place in a nation/state
ex. Westward expansion
What is internal migration
A person who has been forced to migrate across international borders to avoid a threat to his/her life
What is a refugee
What is the general trend of migration
People moving from less developed countries(LICs) to more developed countries(HICs)
Has international migration increased or decreased on the last five decaded
Increased
Emigration is moving ____ a country and immigration is moving ____ a country
What is voluntary migration
Migration by choice
A person who is fleeing an area for fear of their life, but they haven't migrated across international borders
What is an internally displaced person (IDP)
Internal migration is migration ____ region(s) and international migration is migration _______ the country
Between, outside
Why do economic migrants move to some countries but not others?
They consider it as an investment opportunity, increase wealth and improve living standards
What is regional migration?
Migration between close countries for short term economic opportunity or connect with family
What is periodic movement?
A person who has migrated to another country in hope to be seen as a refugee and get legal protection
What is an asylum seeker
What is brain drain
Shortage of workers caused by emigration
The four major types of push/pull factors
Economic, cultural, environmental, political
This type of movement is mostly farmers moving from the countryside to cities in search of jobs
What is rural to urban
A government backed process of sending immigrants to their country of origin?
Deportation
The largest and most devastating example of forced migration in history
What is the Atlantic slave trade