Migration Flashcards
Define migration?
The movement of people across a specified boundary, national or international to establish a permanent place of residence
Define internal migration?
Moving within the frontiers of a nation
Define international migrant?
Cross international boundaries
Define net migration?
Number of migrants entering a region or country minus the number who leave the same place
Define origin?
Where the migration embarks from
Define destination?
Where the migration is completed
Define migration stream?
Continuous movement of migrants from a common origin, with a common destination
Define countermigration stream?
Reverse flow at a lower volume of people as people are dissatisfied and return home
Define in migration?
Number of people joining a country’s population
Define outmigration?
Number of people leaving a country’s population
Define immigrant?
A person who joins a country’s population for permenant residence
Define emigrant?
A person who leaves a country’s population for permanent residence
Define push factors?
Negative observations about the area an individual is presently living in
Define pull factors?
Perceived better conditions in the place migrants wish to go
Define chain migration?
After one or a small number of pioneering migrants have led the way, others from the same rural community follow
Results from strong established rural urban links
Define relay migration?
At different stages on a family’s life cycle different people take responsibility for migration in order to improve the financial position of the family
Define stepped migration?
Rural migrant initially heads for a familiar small town and then after a period of time moves to a larger urban settlement
Define urban hierarchy?
Urban structure - size of city decreases number of people decreases
Very few big cities
Large number of smaller cities
Large towns
Small commuter towns
Define voluntary migration?
The individual or household has a free choice about whether or not to move
Define forced migration?
When the individual or household has little or no choice but to move
Describe circular migration?
Migrants do not settle perenemnantly
Lee’s migration model: list of intervening obstacles
Distance Lack of capital Illiteracy Political differences Religion Language Military services Travel costs Mia information Family pressure National policy Bureaucracy
Define lees migration model?
A model which divides factors causing migration into push and pull
These factors are economic cultural or environmental
- unfavourable = push
- attractive = pull
What are intervening obstacles to migration?
Factors that prevent migration from taking place or reduce numbers moving