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Asylum seeker
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Someone who has migrated to another country I hopes of being recognized as a refugee
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activity space
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the space within which daily activities occur
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brain drain
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large scale emigration by talented persons
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brain gain
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large scale immigration by talented persons
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chain migration
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migration of people to a specific location because of relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
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counterurbanization/urban to rural migration
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net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries
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cyclic movement
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movement that has a closed route repeated annually or seasonally
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distance decay
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the diminishing importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
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forced migration
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permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factors
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gravity model
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a model which holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people on a location and inversely related to the distance they must travel to reach the service
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internal migration
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permanent movement within a particular country
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internally displaced persons (IDP)
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Someone who has been forced to migrate for political reasons similar to a refugee but has not migrated across an international border
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international/intercontinental migration
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permanent movement from one country to another within a continent
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interregional migration
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permanent movement from one region of a country to another
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intervening obstacle
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an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration
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intervening opportunity
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an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that helps migration
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intraregional migration
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permanent movement within one region of a country
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migratory movement
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human relocation movement from a source to a destination without a return journey
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periodic movement
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a form of migration that involves intermittent but recurrent movement, such as relocation college or military service
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personal space
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the space a person can reach without travelling
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place utility
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having a product where costumers can buy it
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pull factors
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a factor that induces people to move to a new location
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job opportunities, pleasant climate, and tolerance
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push factors
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a factor that induces people to leave old residences
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lack of jobs, inhospitable climate, and persecution
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refugees
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people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
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space-time prism
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the set of all points that can be reached by an individual given a maximum possible speed from starting point in space-time and an ending point in space-time
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step migration
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migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages
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transhumance
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the seasonal migration of live - stocks between mountains and pastures
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transmigration
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moving from one country/region to another
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voluntary migration
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permanent migration undertaken by choice
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