# Migration 101

_Course · Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council · https://iranians.global/learn/courses/migration-101/_

Why people move, how migration is counted and which words mean what.

## Record

- **Code**: IDCDC-MIG-05
- **School**: Migration and newcomers
- **Levels**: F
- **Hours**: 6 · estimated hours
- **Format**: Self-paced online, in plain language, with maps, figures, short quizzes and a discussion.
- **State**: outlined
- **Run**: built
- **Modules**: Words that matter · Why people move · Counting migration · Rights on the move
- **Outcomes**: Use the terms migrant, refugee, asylum seeker and stateless person correctly. · Explain the difference between a stock and a flow. · Find the latest official migration figures and read them correctly.

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## See also

- [The Academy](https://iranians.global/learn/)