AP Human Geography Unit 2 Migration Vocabulary

a person seeking residence in a country outside of their own because they fleeing persecution

when the majority of educated or skilled workers leave an area to pursue better opportunities elsewhere

a series of migrations within a group that begins with one person who through contact with the group, pulls people to migrate to the same area.

leaving an area as part of a permanent move (in common language, this word has blended into immigration which includes both)

deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil and habitat destruction

when people migrate not because the want to but because they have no other choice

a legal immigrant who is allowed into the country to work, usually for a relatively short time period

coming into an area as part of a permanent move (in common language this combines the terms immigration and emigration)

a person forced to flee their home who remains in their home country

an obstacle that hinders or blocks migration