3rd set of 12 Flashcards
pull factors
positive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas
periodic movements
movement away from home
- migrant labor
- transhunance
- military service
push factors
negative conditions and perceptions that induce people to leave their abode and migrate to a new locale
quotas
established limits by governments on the number of immigrants who can enter a country each year
refugees
people who have fled their country because of political persecution and seek as asylum in another country
remittances
money migrant send back to families
step migration
when a migrant follows a series of stages of steps toward a final destination
transhumance
seasonal movement of pastoruists and livestock from highlands to lowlands
voluntary migration
people leave because of an opportunity
- not forced
brain drain
emigration of smart people from a country
emigration
leaving a country intending to permanently settle in another