0 the process of animals travelling to a different place, usually when the season changes: --
He argues that there are many economic benefits of migration.
There was a mass migration of poverty-stricken farmers into the cities.
Scientists track bird populations and migration patterns.
Some old roads follow the paths of seasonal animal migrations.
Christmas Island is known for its annual migration of 50 million bright red land crabs from the forest to the sea.
1 the process of beginning to use a new computer system, or of moving information from one type of system to another: --
2 movement from one region to another and often back again, esp. according to the season of the year: --
[ U ] She’s interested in bat migration.
3 the process of a person or people travelling to a new place or country, usually in order to find work and live there temporarily or permanently: --
4 the process of moving or being moved from one place to another: --
5 the process of beginning, or of making someone begin, to use a new computer system: --
In addition, legal problems arise when migration controls - which have a direct impact on asylum seekers' situation - are exercised by incompetent authorities.
This study investigates differences in migration patterns between men and women, and of migrants belonging to various social groups.
Probably no book on migration would be complete without some reference to assimilation, and in a sociological context clearly this is a very important aspect.
In the embolization of systemic-to-pulmonary collaterals, which is the main indication for this procedure in children, secondary migration occurs towards branch pulmonary arteries.
To date however, the effect of an intestinal adult tapeworm on leucocyte migration from the pronephros has not been ascertained.
One set of supportive links arose around discussions of ethnic identity and migration.
However, migration scholars usually distinguish between internal and international migration.
Migration can, of course, be approached more directly by a description and analysis of the available statistics.
