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| large-scale emigration by talented people |
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| migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
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| short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that occur on a regular basis |
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| net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries |
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| migration from a location |
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the area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends |
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| permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors |
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| workers who migrate to more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs |
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| permanent movement within a particular country |
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| permanent movement from one country to another |
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| permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
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| an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
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| permanent movement within one region of a country |
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| form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location |
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| change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition |
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| all types of movement from one location to another |
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| the difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration |
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| factors that induce people to move to a new location |
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| factors that induce people to leave old residences |
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| in reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year |
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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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| people who enter a country without proper documents |
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| permanent movement undertaken by choice |
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