Migration

when a person moves INTO a new country

• immigration
• emigration

when a person leaves or EXITS their country

• immigration
• emigration

the flow of migrants from one country to another country

• migration stream
• immigrant flow
• brain drain
• urban sprawl

a person who leaves their country to find safety

• refugee
• immigrant
• tourist
• migrant

a person who leaves their country to find a job

• migrant worker
• immigrant
• tourist
• migrant

payments that immigrants send to family members in their home country

• remittances
• wages
• salaries
• e-checks

A person who is in a country, but is a citizen of a foreign country.

• alien
• nomad
• Refugee
• Emigrant

when a highly skilled or highly talented people leaver a country

• brain drain
• brain dump
• brain emigration
• migration

factors that cause people to leave a country

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors

factors that attract immigrants to a country

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors