Unit 2 Part B Vocabulary

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Asylum Seeker

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Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee

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Brain Drain

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A large-scale emigration by talented people

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Chain Migration

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Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.

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Circular Migration

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Temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment

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Circulation

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short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

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Counterurbanization

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Net migration from urban to rural areas

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Desertification

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degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as crop building, animal grazing, and tree cutting

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Emigration

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migration from a location (Exit)

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Floodplain

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an area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends

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Forced Migration

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occurs when a migrant has been compelled/forced to move by political or environmental factors