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international migration

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human movement involving movement across international boundaries

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internal migration

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human movement within a nation state such as ungoingly westward and southward movements in the US

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intervening opportunity

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the presence of a nearer opportunity thst greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away

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islands of development

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place built up by a government or cooperation to attract foreign investment and which has relatively high concentrations of paying jobs and infrastructure

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kinship links

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types of push factors of pull factors that influence a migrants decision to go where family or friends have already found success

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laws of migration

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develop by British demographer Ernest Ravenstein

five laws that predict the flow of migrants

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migrant labor

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A common type of periodic movement involving millions of workers in the US and tens of millions of workers worldwide who cross international borders in search of employment and become immigrants in many instances

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military service

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another common form of periodic movement involving as many as 10 million in US citizens and in a given year including military personnel and their families who are moved to new locations where they will spend tours of duty lasting up to several years

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nomadism

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movement among a definite set of places- often cyclic movement

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