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