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| A specific type of relocation diffusion, which is a permanent move to a new location. |
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| The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants. |
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| A general term covering all types of movements from one place to another. |
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| Mobility that is short-term, repetitive, or cyclical that recurs on a regular basis, such as daily, monthly, or annually. |
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| A factor that induces people to move out of their present location. |
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| A factor that induces people to move into a new location. |
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| A factor that induces people to move into a new location. |
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| People who have been forced to migrate from their homes 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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| The part of a river that is subject to flooding during a specific number of years, based on historical trends. |
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| An environmental or cultural feature that blocks migration. |
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| Permanent movement from one country to another. |
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| Permanent movement within the same country. |
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| Movement from one region of a country to another |
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| Movement within one region |
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| The type of migration where the migrant chooses to move for economic improvement. |
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| Migration where migrants are compelled to move by cultural factors |
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| A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from the social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition. |
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| People who enter a country without proper documents. |
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| Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United states from each country during a 1-year period. |
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| The migration of people to a specific location, because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. |
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| A large-scale emigration by talented people. |
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| Citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in Western Europe and the Middle East. |
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| Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. |
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