Migration Vocabulary

Moving away from one's home country.

• emigration

• immigration

• diffusion

• persecution

Entering a new country.

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Discrimination

• Migration Stream

The constant flow of migrants from one country into another country.

• Migration Stream

• Pull Factor

• Diffusion

• Emigration

the spreading and mixing of cultures

• Diffusion

• Immigration

• Brain Drain

• Emigration

unfair treatment of a person or group based on class, age, sex, race, etc.

• Discrimination

• Diffusion

• Remittance

• Push Factor

something that encourages people to leave a place behind

• push factor

• pull factor

• persecution

• famine

something that encourages people to move to a new place

• push factor

• pull factor

• remittance

• refugee

a payment of money sent by an immigrant to a relative in his or her home country

• remittance

• pull factor

• brain drain

• migration stream

someone who seeks safety by going to another country.

• refugee

• remittance

• immigrant

• emigrant

unfair treatment of others because of who they are or what they believe

• persecution

• diffusion

• push factor

• brain drain