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international migration
human movement involving movement across international boundaries
internal migration
human movement within a nation state such as ungoingly westward and southward movements in the US
intervening opportunity
the presence of a nearer opportunity thst greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away
islands of development
place built up by a government or cooperation to attract foreign investment and which has relatively high concentrations of paying jobs and infrastructure
kinship links
types of push factors of pull factors that influence a migrants decision to go where family or friends have already found success
laws of migration
develop by British demographer Ernest Ravenstein
five laws that predict the flow of migrants
migrant labor
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
military service
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
nomadism
movement among a definite set of places- often cyclic movement