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34950471RemittancesMoney migrants send back, money migrant send back to family and friends in their home coutnries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer coutnries.
34950472Cyclic MovementsMovement that has a closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally.
34950473NomadismMovement among a definite set of places.
34950474Periodic MovementsMovement that involves temporary, recurrent relocation.
34950475Migrant LaborA common type of periodic movemetn involving millions of worker in the US and tens of millions of workers worldwide who cross internationl borders in search of employment and become immigrants, in many instances.
34950476TranshumanceA seasonal periodic movement of pastorarists and their livestock between highland and lowland.
34950477Military ServiceAnother common form of periodic movement involving as many as 10 million US citizens 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.
34950478MigrationA change in residence intended to be permanent.
34950479International MigrationHuman movement involving movement across international boundaries.
34950480Forced MigrationHuman migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate.
34950481Voluntary MigrationMovement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity.
34950482Laws of MigrationDeveloped by British demographer Ernst Ravenstein, 5 laws that predict the flow of migrants.
34950483Gravity ModelA mathematical prediction to the interaction of places, the interaction between being a function of population size of the respective places and the distance between them.
34950484Push FactorsNegative conditions and perceptions that induce people to leave their adobe and migrate to a new location.
34950485Pull FactorsPositive conditions and perceptions that effectively attact people to new locations from other areas.
34950486Distance DecayThe effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction.
34950487Step MigrationMigration to a distant destination that occurs in stages, for example, from farm to nearby village and later to a town and city.
34950488Kinship LinksTypes of push or pull factors that influence a migrant's decision to go where family or friends have already found success.
34950489Chain MigrationPattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and through kinship links.
34950490Immigration WavePhenomenon whereby different patterns of chain migration build upon one another to create a swell in migration from one origin to the same destination.
34950491ExplorersA person examining a region that is unknown to them.
35313002ColonizationPhysical process whereby the colonizer takes over another place, putting its own government in charge and either moving its own people into the place or bringing in indentured outsiders to gain control of the people and the land.
35313004Islands of DevelopmentPlace built up by a government or corporation to attract foreign investment and which has relatively high concentrations of paying jobs and infrastructure
35313005Guest WorkersLegal immigrant who has a work visa, usually short term.
35313006RefugeesPeople who have fled their country because of political persecution and seek asylum in another country.
35313007Internal RefugeesPeople who have been displaced within their own countries and do not cross international borders as they flee.
35313008Selective ImmigrationProcess to control immigration in which individuals with certain backgrounds are barred from immigrating.
35313009AsylumShelter and protection in one state for refugees from another state.
35313010Immigration LawsLaws and regulations of a state designed specifically to control immigration into that state.
35313011QuotasEstablished limits by governments on the number of immigrants who can enter a country each year.
35314430Activity SpacesThe space within which daily activity occurs.
35314431Intervening OppurtunityMigrants may find a place more appealing before reaching intended destination.
35314432International RefugeesRefugees who have crossed one or more international boundaries during their dislocation, searching for asylum in a different country.
35314433Internal MigrationHuman movement within a nation-state, such as ongoing westward and southward movements in the US.

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