• Migration = is the movement of either people or animals from one area to another.

• Immigration = is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there.

• Emigration = is the act of leaving one's resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere.

• Immigrant = a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

• Immigrate = to enter a country for the purpose of living there.

• Ethnic group = group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, such as language or religion.

• Asylum = legal permission to live in a country granted in special cases to people fleeing danger or persecution in the homelands.

• Refugee = a person who flees his or her native land to escape persecution or danger.