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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. |
guest workers | Workers migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and western Europe, in search of higher paying jobs. |
interregional migration | Permanent movement from region of a country to another. |
internal migration | Permanent movement within a particular country. |
international migration | Permenant movement from one country to another. |
intraregional migration | Permanent movement within one region of the country. |
migration transition | Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce demographic transition |
unauthorized immigrants | People who enter a country without proper documents. |
quotas | In reference to migration, government limits on the number of people that can immigrate to a country in a year. |
voluntary migration | permanent movement undertaken by choice. |
counterurbanization | Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. |