a person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
What is an emigrant?
the movement of an individual or group of people from one region of a country to another region of the same country.
What is Internal Migration?
The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants in a place in a year.
What is net migration rate?
Migrating into another country, usually for permanent residence
What is immigration?
The immigrants entering or leaving a place during a given period of time.
Migration Flow
escaping violence and persecution, seeking better employment and quality of life
Primary Reason for migration
the movement or mass migration of people from rural areas to more urban areas such as cities
What is Urbanization?
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, China, India
What are the main source countries for the US?
someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders
Internally Displaced Person (IDP)
Migration that occurs across borders of countries all over the world.
What is Transnational migration?
the condition where more people are located within a given space than is considered tolerable from a safety and health perspective
Overcrowding