Migrant may refer to:
Human migration
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Human migration
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (ex ...
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Emigration
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanent ...
, leaving one's resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere
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Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...
, movement into a country with the intent to settle
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Economic migrant
An economic migrant is someone who emigrates from one region to another, including crossing international borders, seeking an improved standard of living, because the conditions or job opportunities in the migrant's own region are insufficient. Th ...
, someone who emigrates from one region to another to seek an improvement in living standards
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Internal migration Internal migration or domestic migration is human migration within a country. Internal migration tends to be travel for education and for economic improvement or because of a natural disaster or civil disturbance, though a study based on the full ...
, within one geopolitical entity, usually a nation-state
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Migrant worker
A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have the intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work.
Migrant workers who work outsi ...
, one who migrates, possibly to another country, for work
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Expatriate
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either ...
Other uses
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Bird migration, regular seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds
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''Migrant'' (album), by American rock band The Dear Hunter
See also
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Migrant literature
Migrant literature is either written by migrants or tells the stories of migrants and their migration. It is a topic of growing interest within literary studies since the 1980s. Migrants are people who have left their homes and cultural settings an ...
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Migration (disambiguation)
Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration
* Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another
** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...
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Immigrant (disambiguation)
An immigrant is a person who legally moves to another country.
Immigrant(s), The Immigrant(s), or ''variants'' may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Immigrant'' (1915 film), a feature film produced by Jesse Lasky
* ''The Immigrant'' (1 ...
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The Emigrants (disambiguation)
An emigrant is a person who has participated in emigration
The Emigrants or Emigrant may refer to:
* ''The Emigrants'' (novel series), four novels by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg:
** ''The Emigrants'' (Moberg novel) (1949), (Swedish title: ''Utv ...
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