CLEP Social Sciences

Answer - C - When large numbers of people emigrate from a particular region to another as a result of communications from friends and relatives who preceded them to the new area, it is called chain migration.

Key Takeaway: Chain migration has two meanings. First, it may refer to the social process by which immigrants from one particular town or region follow their friends or family from that town to a particular city or neighborhood, usually into an urban location in a new country.