Unit 3 Migration Vocab Review

Something that limits migration

• net migration

• intervening obstacle

• pull factor

• economic

people migrate to a specific location because a relative of members of the same nationality previously migrated

• net migration

• intervening obstacle

• chain migration

• push factor

the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country

• brain drain

• chain migration

• refugee

• internally displaced person

a permanent move to a new location

• vacation

• political

• asylum seeker

• migration

makes people want to move INTO a new location

• economic

• pull factor

• push factor

• brain drain

a factor dealing with government, war, or persecution

• political

• economic

• educational

• environmental

makes people want to move OUT of their present country

• pull factor

• environmental

• brain drain

• push factor

a factor dealing with money and jobs

• chain migration

• net migration

• economic

• political

a factor dealing with food, water, and natural disasters

• economic

• political

• environmental

• religious

When people move INTO a country (immigrants)

• out migration

• in migration

• net migration

• human migration