Migration
refugee
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
immigrant
A person who is entering a country from another to live there
emigrant
A person who is leaving their country to live in another.
migrant worker
A worker who travels from place to place to find work, usually picking farm crops
forced migration
Being forced to move into a new country because of war, culture, politics, natural disaster.
voluntary migration
Movement in which people chose to move for economic improvement or other reasons; not forced.
internal migration
Movement of people within a country/nation
immigration
Moving INTO a new country
emigration
Moving OUT of a country to live somewhere else.
return migration
Moving back to ones original country
migration
Moving from one place to another usually to find a new home. The movement of people can be permanent, temporary, seasonal and daily.
external/international migration
Moving of people across an international border
internally displaced person (IDP)
Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border
asylum seeker
Someone who migrated to a new country to be recognized as a refugee
push factors
The reasons why people want to leave a place/emigrate -
pull factors
The reasons why people want to move to another place/immigrate
migration stream
a flow of migrants from the same location to the same destination
seasonal migration
moving for a period of time because of weather or jobs