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=== Equivalents === | === Equivalents === | ||
[[ | [[migrant (CZ)]] — [[Migrantin, Migrant]] — [[migrante]] — [[migrant (PL)]] | ||
=== Related terms === | === Related terms === | ||
* ( | * (''confused with, and hypernym of'') [[Refugee|'''refugee''']] and [[Asylum seeker|'''asylum seeker''']] | ||
*'''emigrant''' and '''immigrant''' (''are types of'') | |||
=== Definition === | === 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. | 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> | <small>Source: [https://www.worldvision.org.uk/about/blogs/what-is-a-refugee-and-what-is-a-refugee-crisis/ https://www.worldvision.org.uk/]</small> | ||
=== Encyclopaedic information === | === 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. | 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> | <small>Source: [https://youth4policy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Uganda-Refugee-Management-Policy.pdf https://youth4policy.org/]</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. | 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> | <small>Source: [https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/focus/migration-and-refugee-crisis https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/]</small> | ||
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=== Examples === | === 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> | <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/ http://adagiotravel.com/]</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 https://news.yahoo.com/]</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 https://disabilityglobalsouth.files.wordpress.com/]</small> | ||
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=== Note === | === 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". | 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". | ||
Latest revision as of 15:17, 30 August 2022
Equivalents
migrant (CZ) — Migrantin, Migrant — migrante — migrant (PL)
Related terms
- (confused with, and hypernym of) refugee and asylum seeker
- emigrant and immigrant (are types of)
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.
Source: https://www.worldvision.org.uk/
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.
Source: https://youth4policy.org/
An economic migrant is a person who voluntarily leaves their home country to live in another country with ostensibly better working or living conditions.
Source: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Collocations
- economic migrant
- refugees and migrants
- asylum seekers and migrants
- migrants with disabilities
- migrant boats
Examples
Border patrols first filter through the asylum-seekers, those with medical problems and economic migrants to ensure that they do not present security concerns.
Source: http://adagiotravel.com/
The Mediterranean has been plagued by shipwrecks in recent months involving migrants trying to reach Europe from Africa and the Middle East.
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/
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.
Source: https://disabilityglobalsouth.files.wordpress.com/
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".