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Ch.27 Migration Flashcards

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migration

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the movement of people from one place to another

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Internal migration

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where people move from one place to another within a country.

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International migration

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is where people leave one country to go live in another country

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Migrant

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a person who moves from one place to live in another,

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Immigrant

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a person who migrates into a country

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emigrant

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a person who migrates out of a country.

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economic migrant

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a person who has migrated from one place to another to seek employment.

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asylum seeker

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an immigrant who applies for permission to stay in a country because they have left their own country to avold persecution.

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refugee

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an immigrant who is granted permission to live in a country because they have suffered persecution in their own country and it is unsafe for them to return.

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Inward migration

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the movement of people into an area

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Outward migration

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the movement of people out of an area.

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Push factor

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Unattractive

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Pull factor

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Attractive

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Voluntary migration

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when people migrate of their own free will.It usually occurs because of pull factors, People move individualy, or with friends/family (eg.moving from Dublin to Cork)

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Forced migration

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is involuntary, and occurs when people have no choice but to migrate due to push tactors. (eg. Civil war)

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Organised migration

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a well planned migration of people carried out by governments. The aim is to take control of land and resources by setting people (eg. plantations of Ireland)

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Mass migration

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involves large numbers of people migrating (eg. when 300,000 people moved to Calfornia to search for gold during the Gold Rush)

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Rural

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the countryside, remote places

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Urban

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Rural to urban migration

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involves people moving from the countryside to urban areas (eg. from west clare to Limerick city)

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5 push factor examples

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  • war
  • poverty
  • lack of services
  • unemployment
  • bad climate
  • persecution
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5 barriers to migration examples

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  • high cost of travel
  • physical barriers - sea/border
  • criminal record
  • too young/old
  • not wanting to leave family/friends
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5 pull factor examples

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  • better job opportunities
  • safety & freedom
  • better climate
  • better services
  • democratic government
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