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| Brain Drain | large-scale emigration by talented people |
| Chain Migration | migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
| Circulation | short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis |
| Counterurbanization | net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries |
| Emigration | migration from a location |
| Floodplain | area subject to flooding durin ga given number of years according to historical trends |
| Forced Migration | permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors |
| Guest Workers | workers who migrate to the more developed countres of Northern and Western Europe, usually from southern and eastern europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs |
| Immigration | migration to a new location |
| Internal Migration | permanent movement within a particular country |
| International Migration | permanent movement from one country to another |
| Interregional Migration | permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
| Intervening Obstacle | an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
| Intraregional Migration | permanent movement within one region of a country |
| Migration | form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location |
| Migration Transition | change in teh migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth and toher social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition. |
| Mobility | all types of movement from one location to another |
| Net Migration | the difference between the level of immigration an the level of emigration |
| Pull factor | forces that induce one to move to a location |
| Push factor | forces that induce one to leave old residences |
| Quotas | in reference to migration, a law that places a maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year |
| Refugees | people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persectuion becuse of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion |
| Undocumented immigrants | people who enter a country without proper documents |
| Voluntary Migration | permanent movement undertaken by choice |
