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Migration may refer to:
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[edit] Human migration
- Human migration, a change in residence intended to be permanent
[edit] Historical migrations
- Historical migration, an overview
- Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions, occurring in Europe within the period of roughly AD 300-700
- Turkic migration, the migration of Turkic peoples across Asia, Europe and the Middle East between the 6th and 11th centuries
- Bantu migration, the migration of speakers of Bantu languages throughout sub-Saharan Africa
- Muslim conquests, by which Arabs migrated across Asia, Africa and Europe between 632 and 732
- Ostsiedlung, medieval eastward migration and settlement of Germans from modern day Western and Central Germany
- Mongol invasions, the great migrations of Mongol and Turkic tribes under Genghis Khan and his descendants during the 13th century
- Great Migration (Puritan), the two large migrations of Puritans from England to North America around 1630
- Great Serb Migrations, the two large migrations of Serbs in 1692 and 1737 from the Ottoman Empire to the Habsburg Monarchy
- Great Migration (African American), the movement of African Americans out of the Southern United States from 1914 to 1950
- Transatlantic migrations, the movement of settlers across the Atlantic Ocean to North and South America
[edit] Types of migration
- Emigration, leaving one's native country to live in another
- Immigration, arriving to live in a new country
- Chain migration, the mechanism by which foreign nationals are allowed to immigrate due to the acquired citizenship of an adult relative
- Forced migration, the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region
- Free migration, a belief that people should be able to migrate to whatever country they choose, free of substantial barriers
- Illegal immigration, immigration that defies the laws of the arrival country
- Mass migrations, the movement of a large group of people from one geographical area to another
- Political migration, a migration motivated primarily by political interests
- Rural-urban migration, the moving of people from rural areas into cities
- children's migration, migration during childhood, usually as member of a family, see childhood and migration
- Seasonal human migration, common among agricultural workers
- The activity of nomads, communities that continually move from one place to another
[edit] Animal migration
Most animal migrations involve seasonal movements to an area for breeding.
- Bird migration
- Reverse migration, a phenomenon in bird migration
- Fish migration
- Insect migration
- Diel vertical migration, a daily migration undertaken by some ocean organisms
[edit] Other migrations
[edit] Science
- Cell migration, in biology
- Planetary migration, in astronomy
- Geophysical migration, in geophysics
[edit] Computers
- System migration, moving computer programs from one platform to another
- Data migration, moving information between data storage devices
- Process migration, in computer programming
[edit] Fictional
- Great Migrations (Greyhawk), a concept in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game
[edit] Body Modification
- Piercing migration, a process that occurs when a body piercing moves from its initial location
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