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Migration


Migration - movement of a person or a group of persons, either across an international border, or within a State. It is a population movement, encompassing any kind of movement of people, whatever its length, composition and causes; it includes migration of refugees, displaced persons, economic migrants, and persons moving for other purposes, including family reunification.(From IOM glossary (2011) accessed at http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/Glossary%202nd%20ed%20web.pdf)



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