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15248809718Asyluman institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety0
15248824278brain drain/gainlarge scale emigration/immigration by talented/educated people1
15248832658Chain Migrationmigration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there2
15248882163Distance DecayThe diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.3
15248887605Emigrationmovement of individuals out of an area4
15248891490ImmigrationMovement of individuals into a population5
15248907839ethnic enclavea small area occupied by a distinctive minority culture6
15248931074Forced migrationHuman migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate.7
15248985107Forward capitalcapital city positioned in actually or potentially contested territory usually near an international border, it confirms the states determination to maintain its presence in the region in contention.8
15249013012Guest workera foreign laborer living and working temporarily in another country9
15249070440immigranta person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there10
15249074023emigrantA person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere.11
15249093766internal displaced personPeople who have been displaced within their own countries and do not cross international borders as they flee.12
15249113043intervening obstacleAn environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.13
15249294355Lee's model of migrationA migration model that introduces a refinement to push and pull factors. It includes intervening obstacles that are both real and perceived.14
15249315161MigrationForm of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.15
15249330470net migrationThe difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.16
15249411666push-pull factorsConditions that draw people to another location (pull factors) or cause people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region (push factors)17
15249423235Ravenstein's Laws of MigrationLaws of migration established in the 1980s based on studies carried out in the U.K.18
15249431883QuotaA limit placed on the quantities of a product that can be imported19
15249436189RefugeeA person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster20
15249450402step migrationMigration to a distant destination that occurs in stages, for example, from farm to nearby village and later to a town and city21
15249460577Transnational migrationregular movement of a person between two or more countries resulting in a new cultural identity22
15249477996Voluntary Migrationmovement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity; not forced.23
15249483179visaan endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it24
15249554120xenophobiaa fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers25

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