Individuals and Societies 9 

Crook 
Human Geography 
 
Why do people migrate? 
What are the effects of migration? 
How does migration affect communities? 
 
Geographers study human populations: how they grow and decline, why they move, how they 
are shaped by, and shape, their environments. Let’s explore the dynamic of MIGRATION 
 
Please use the website and videos below to find definitions of the following terms. Please 
complete the chart below, with good examples for each definition. 
 
● Eshooltoday 
● https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/definitions 
● https://www.iom.int/key-migration-terms 
 
 
Migration KEY TERMS 
DEFINITIONS  EXAMPLES and ILLUSTRATIONS 
Try to write the definitions in your own  For each term, please find one contemporary 
words so that you show your understanding  example (from the news etc), and add it here. 
clearly  You need to have a mix of written examples 
and pictures. 
 
Immigration  http://jcpa.org/immigration-to-europe/the-i
The act of coming into a new country or  mmigration-crisis-in-europe/​: The 
place that is not your birth country (usually  immigration crisis in the EU, due to everyone 
from the perspective of the new country).   who wants to come in.  
 
Migration 
The act of moving from one place to another 
either temporarily or permanently, usually 
crossing a border. The reason for migration is 
different for everyone: some are forced to 
leave while others move voluntarily.  
 

 
These are birds migrating  
Immigrant  Example: ​If I am from Senegal, and I move to 
A person who has moved into a country other  the Netherlands to live there permanently, I 
than their home country (country of birth or  am an immigrant in the Netherlands.  
usual residence).  
 
Refugee  Example: 
A person that is forced to leave their “home” 
country because of conflict, harassment or 
natural disaster, and has no real idea where to 
go. They have no plan where to go, and 
usually did not want to leave their “home” 
country but had to.  
 

 
Emigration  Example: ​People are always saying there's no 
The act of leaving your birth or home country  quality of life in Russia, and everyone wants 
(usually from the perspective of your home  to emigrate," he said. (New York Times) 
country).   
 
Emigrant  Example: ​Syria, right now, has a lot of 
A person who leaves their home country  emigrants because everyone wants to exit the 
(country of birth or usual residence) to  country.  
another country.  
 
Rural – Urban migration  Example: ​The Masai who have moved to Dar 
The act of people moving from the rural parts  Es Salaam to find jobs in the city. 
of a country (the countryside) to the city 
(urban) in order to find new opportunities. 
 
Internal Migration 
People who move within their country.  
 

 
International migration  Example:​ What I do every time my dad gets 
People who move from country to country.   offered a job in another country. These are all 
  temporary moves that are voluntary.  
Forced migration  Example: ​The people who have been fleeing 
When the government or authorities pressure  Haiti due to the earthquakes that happen 
(force) you out of the country   frequently.   
 
Remittance  Example:​ A family (2 parents and 2 children) 
A sum of money sent back to family (or  move from Syria to Germany to escape the 
someone in their home country) in payment  war, yet they had to leave other family behind. 
or as a gift   In Germany, the parents earn money and they 
send a percentage of that back to their family 
in Syria who is unable to work because of the 
war.