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Meaning of "economic migrant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ECONOMIC MIGRANT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ECONOMIC MIGRANT

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Economic migrant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ECONOMIC MIGRANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Economic migrant

The term economic migrant refers to someone who has emigrated from one region to another region for the purposes of seeking employment or improved financial position. An economic migrant is distinct from someone who is a refugee fleeing persecution.

Definition of economic migrant in the English dictionary

The definition of economic migrant in the dictionary is a person who moves from one region, place, or country to another in order to improve his or her standard of living.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ECONOMIC MIGRANT

economic
economic analyst
Economic and Monetary Union
economic determinism
economic embargo
economic geography
economic geology
economic indicator
economic management
economic rationalism
economic rent
economic sanctions
economic zone
economical
economically
economics
economies
economies of scale
economisation
economiser

WORDS THAT END LIKE ECONOMIC MIGRANT

block grant
capitation grant
development grant
emigrant
flagrant
fragrant
grant
illegal immigrant
immigrant
improvement grant
inmigrant
integrant
land grant
landed immigrant
maintenance grant
maternity grant
migrant
nonimmigrant
restaurant
student grant
vagrant

Synonyms and antonyms of economic migrant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «economic migrant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ECONOMIC MIGRANT

Find out the translation of economic migrant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of economic migrant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «economic migrant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

经济移民
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

migrante económico
570 millions of speakers

English

economic migrant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्थिक प्रवासी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المهاجر الاقتصادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экономический мигрант
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

migrante econômico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্থনৈতিক অভিবাসী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

migrant économique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendatang ekonomi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wirtschaftsmigranten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

経済移民
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경제 이주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Migran ekonomi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhập cư kinh tế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருளாதார குடியேறுபவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्थिक स्थलांतरित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ekonomik göçmen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

migrante economico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

migrujący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

економічний мігрант
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

migrant economic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικονομικών μεταναστών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ekonomiese migrant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ekonomiska migranter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

økonomisk migrant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of economic migrant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ECONOMIC MIGRANT»

The term «economic migrant» is used very little and occupies the 178.790 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of economic migrant
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ECONOMIC MIGRANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «economic migrant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «economic migrant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about economic migrant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECONOMIC MIGRANT»

Discover the use of economic migrant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to economic migrant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Migrant Workers in International Human Rights Law: Their ...
8.4 Right to health
Ryszard Ignacy Cholewinski, 1997
2
The Cultures of Economic Migration: International Perspectives
The category of economic migrant suggests that people are arriving primarily to make as much money as possible before returning. Hyphenated British indicates a movement from outsider to insider, from temporary resident to permanent ...
Mr Suman Gupta, Mr Tope Omoniyi, 2012
3
International Refugee Law and Socio-Economic Rights: Refuge ...
... as the close connection between such claims and the 'economic migrant' issue has given rise to much confusion in the case law. This chapter identifies and analyses the salient problems, and assesses how such problems can be resolved ...
Michelle Foster, 2007
4
Social Work, Immigration and Asylum: Debates, Dilemmas and ...
We arrive at the idea of economic migrant, or bogus asylum-seeker via various means, including the media, which becomes a 'key political actor' by employing negative terminology to describe this group (Bloch and Schuster 2002, p.406).
Beth Humphries, Debra Hayes, 2004
5
Globalisation and Its Impact on Wales: Oral and written evidence
The lack of accurate figures and profiles of the migrant worker population severely inhibit measures that local authorities need to develop to respond to the diverse needs of new economic migrant workers. Some local authorities are ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Welsh Affairs Committee, 2009
6
Deportation is Freedom!: The Orwellian World of Immigration ...
A subset of economic refugee is economic migrant(as in 'there was obviously evidence of some economic migrants attempting to use asylum in the EU'B'). There also exist sub-subsets of immigration Newspeak, and one sub-subset of ...
Steve Cohen, 2005
7
Hard Labour: The Forgotten Voices of Latvian Migrant ...
... despite the catch-all category of economic migrant, the EVWs from the Baltic were initially constructed in both official discourse and in their own view as different from and superior to other economic migrants – especially Irish and Caribbean ...
Linda McDowell, 2013
8
The Nature of the Obligations Under the International ...
If he is moved exclusively by economic considerations, he is an economic migrant and not a refugee.'75 It is beyond the scope of this work to analyse the differences between a migrant worker and an asylum seeker.76 However, it is important ...
M. Magdalena Sepúlveda, María Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, 2003
9
Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of ...
Reasons for Becoming an economic migrant In the modern world economic migrants tend to be both entrepreneurial and dynamic, having demonstrated their willingness to take risks and leave their homes in order to create opportunities for  ...
Robert Garland, 2014
10
International Environmental Law: Contemporary Concerns and ...
One can easily imagine that States are very concerned that behind the request to grant an environmental asylum actually hides an economic migrant in search of a better place to live. Nevertheless, if the distinction between economic migrants ...
Vasilka Sancin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECONOMIC MIGRANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term economic migrant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
His first Fourth as an American
... to which they have access in Jamaica, but from his mother, who came to America as “an economic migrant” more than 30 years ago, he said. «News & Observer, Jul 15»
2
International law and refugees
The third category of persons is the economic migrant. The economic migrant is a person who leaves his home and country in search of ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
3
Pondering mass migration
In those days, no one felt that there was need to distinguish the genuine refugees from the economic migrant. Nor of course was there then any ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
4
I'm delighted by the suggestion that it's time for Londoners to cut our …
(And I say this as an economic migrant from Pontefract, via Birkenhead, Plymouth and Derby.) Let's stop at the three or four major airports that ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
5
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... had blockaded Calais and prevented the free movement of EEC citizens, plus many hundreds of economic migrant stowaways hitching a free ... «Classic Cars for Sale, Jun 15»
6
Calais crisis: David Cameron says chaos 'totally unacceptable' - as it …
Mayor of Calais is blaming the wrong govt, why isn't French govt arranging assessments & decisions about refugee or economic migrant status ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
7
Hungary seeking to tighten law on asylum seekers, migrants - New …
“There is a know-how in Hungary about how to differentiate between a refugee running for his life and an economic migrant”, Orban said. «Sentinel Republic, Jun 15»
8
'I'm afraid of the sea but I'll do anything to get out'
Jamil is an economic migrant looking for a better life, but others in Karareem are fleeing human rights abuses. Abubakar, 19, had come from ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
9
Hungary's leader says Hungary will protect Europe's borders
"There is a know-how in Hungary about how to differentiate between a refugee running for his life and an economic migrant," Orban said. «Lexington Herald Leader, Jun 15»
10
Separating Refugee Facts and Fiction
What is the difference between an 'economic migrant', a 'refugee' and an 'asylum seeker' anyway? A lot. Right away, let's take 'economic ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Economic migrant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/economic-migrant>. Apr 2024 ».
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