| A | B |
| asylum seeker | someone who as migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee |
| chain migraiton | migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
| emigration | migration from a location |
| immigration | migration to a new location |
| internal migration | permanent movement within a particular country |
| migration | a form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location |
| pull factor | a factor that induces people to move to a new location |
| push factor | a factor the induces people to leave old residences |
| refugees | people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in social group or political opinion |
| unauthorized immigrant | a person who enters a country without proper documents to do so |