Economic migrant
An economic migrant is someone who emigrates from one region to another because living conditions or job opportunities are not good enough for one's expectations in their own country and to seek an improvement in their standard of living elsewhere.[1][2] Economic migrants who work outside of their home country are termed migrant workers by the United Nations.[3]
Legality
Many countries have immigration and visa restrictions that prohibit a person entering the country for the purposes of gaining work without a valid work visa. Persons who are declared an economic migrant can be refused entry into a country. Thus, the migrant's presence is deemed illegal. Within the European Union economic migration is legal.[4]
The World Bank estimates that remittances totaled $420 billion in 2009, of which $317 billion went to developing countries.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "economic migrant - definition and synonyms". Macmillan Dictionary. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary". Oxford Dictionaries. p. economic migrant.
- ^ "United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families". United Nations. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ^ Types of migration: Economic Migration, BBC
- ^ Remittance Prices Worldwide