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Migration keywords
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Migrant | A person who moves from place to another for work or better living conditions |
| Immigrant | A person who comes to live in a foreign country |
| Emigrant | A person who leaves their own country to live in another |
| Refugee | An immigrant given special permission to live in another country because of war, natural disasters or persecution |
| Asylum seeker | An immigrant looking to be accepted as a refugee in another country |
| Internally displaced person | A person forced to leave his or her country but remains within his or her country’s border |
| Forced migration | When someone is forced to move due to war or famine |
| Individual migration | When a person moves from one country or district to another |
| Organised migration | Planned migrations of people carried out by governments or other agencies |