Economic migrant
An economic migrant is someone who emigrates from one region to another to seek an improvement in living standards because the living conditions or job opportunities in the migrant's own region do not satisfy expectations.[1][2] Economic migrants who work outside their home country are termed migrant workers by the United Nations.[3]
Legality[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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
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