Which of the following is NOT one of Ravenstein's laws explaining human migration?
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• The majority of migrants only travel a short distance.
•Most long-distance migrants are individual adults.
• Economic factors are the main cause of migration.
•The majority of long-distance migrants are elderly adults in search of better medical care.
•Long-distance, international migrants are drawn to major centers of economic activity.
The majority of long-distance migrants are elderly adults in search of better medical care.
Which of the following BEST describes intraregional migration patterns?
(1 point)
•Intraregional migration patterns in the developing world are characterized by a movement from rural to urban areas, while in the developed world the pattern is characterized by a movement from urban areas to
suburban ones.
•Intraregional migration patterns in the developing world reflect government policies that forcibly relocate people away from urban centers to more remote areas.
•Intraregional migration patterns in the developing world are characterized by a movement from urban to rural areas, while in the developed world the pattern is characterized by a movement from suburban areas to urban ones.
•Intraregional migration is chiefly the result of the economic displacement of laborers who have lost their jobs in rural extractive industries and are searching for new job opportunities in cities.
•Intraregional migration occurs less frequently than interregional migration and is therefore a less useful criterion when attempting to understand human migration patterns.
Intraregional migration patterns in the developing world are characterized by a movement from rural to urban areas, while in the developed world the pattern is characterized by a movement from urban areas to suburban ones.
The process whereby a high-skilled professional migrates to the United States and then uses the family reunification provision of U.S. immigration law to bring relatives to the country is described as
(1 point)
• quotas.
• net-migration.
• remittance.
•chain migration.
• asylum.