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=== Equivalents ===
[[Migrant (CZ)]] — [[Migrantin, Migrant]] — [[Migrante]] — [[Migrant (PL)]]

=== Related terms ===

* (differs from) [[Refugee|'''refugee''']]
* (is normally NOT a subject to) [[Asylum procedure|'''asylum procedure''']] (nor) [[International protection|'''international protection''']]

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=== Definition ===
There is no legally recognised definition of a migrant . However, the term is understood to describe a person who is neither a refugee nor asylum seeker but is a person who has a legitimate reason for leaving their country of origin. 

<small>Source: https://www.worldvision.org.uk/about/blogs/what-is-a-refugee-and-what-is-a-refugee-crisis/</small>

=== Encyclopaedic information ===
In reality, a refugee is an involuntary migrant, a victim of politics, war or natural catastrophe. In the above context, one becomes a refugee migrant, but not every migrant is a refugee. 

<small>Source: https://youth4policy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Uganda-Refugee-Management-Policy.pdf</small>

An economic migrant is a person who voluntarily leaves their home country to live in another country with ostensibly better working or living conditions.

<small>Source: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/focus/migration-and-refugee-crisis</small>

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=== Collocations ===

* economic migrant
* refugees and migrants
* asylum seekers and migrants
* migrants with disabilities
* migrant boats

=== Examples ===
<blockquote>Border patrols first filter through the asylum-seekers, those with medical problems and economic '''migrants''' to ensure that they do not present security concerns.</blockquote><small>Source: http://adagiotravel.com/blog/distinguishing-fact-opinion-european-refugee-crisis-affecting-italy/</small><blockquote>The Mediterranean has been plagued by shipwrecks in recent months involving '''migrants''' trying to reach Europe from Africa and the Middle East.</blockquote><small>Source: https://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-launches-rescue-mission-300-refugees-off-coast-101833941.html</small><blockquote>Indeed, many forced '''migrants with disabilities''' who this researcher encountered during field work articulated their need for rehabilitation and care using the framework and language of disability rights.</blockquote><small>Source: https://disabilityglobalsouth.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/dgs-02-01-05.pdf</small>
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=== Note ===
The term "migrant" is often used as a synonym for "refugee" in less formal/non-normative environments. They are, however, two separate concepts de iure, with "refugee" constituting a specific subtype of "migrant".