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Key definitions Flashcards

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Long term migration

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Moves for at least a year

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Short term migration

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Moves for 3 months but less than a year

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Inter regional migration

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Movement of people from one region to another

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Intra regional migration

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Movement of people within a single region

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Net migration

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The difference between number of immigrants and the number of emigrants

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Emigrants

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People leaving

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Immigrants

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People moving in

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Economic migrants

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People who leave their home country to live in another country with better working conditions

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Immigration

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Process by which people move into a foreign country

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Refugee

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People who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed international borders to find safety

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Asylum seeker

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Someone who claims to be a refugee but whose claim hasn’t been processed

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Diaspora

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Worldwide scattering or disposal of a population

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