migrants
Those who resettle
Migrants are people who move from one place to another, typically crossing national or regional boundaries.
The term covers those seeking work, fleeing hardship, or pursuing better opportunities: migrants crossing the border, migrant workers in the fields.
Unlike immigrants or emigrants, migrant emphasizes movement itself rather than arrival or departure, and often implies impermanence or repeated relocation.
People seeking safety elsewhere
- asylumShelter from persecution
- protectionGuarding against harm
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
camps · shelters · aid · NGOs · UNHCR · resettlement · safe haven · humanitarian corridor
People seeking safety elsewhere
- asylum seekersPeople requesting safe haven
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- exileBanishment from homeland
uprooting · dispossession · statelessness · detention · repatriation · forced relocation · eviction · banishment
Travel from place to place
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- transitMovement between places
- passageSegment of text
- routePath from A to B
corridor · caravan · smuggling · trafficking · coyotes · border · checkpoint · documentation
People doing jobs
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- domesticsHousehold service workers
- constructionProcess of building something
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
guest workers · braceros · exploitation · wages · recruitment · employers · day laborers · remittances
Mandated numerical limits
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
enforcement · border control · citizenship · naturalization · green card · residency · documentation · regularization
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- integrationCombining into a whole
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
melting pot · mosaic · cosmopolitan · cross-cultural · intercultural · ethnic enclaves · bilingualism · heritage
Hatred of outsiders
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- integrationCombining into a whole
- belongingState of fitting in
othering · stereotypes · discrimination · acceptance · solidarity · hospitality · unwelcome · burden
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- asylumShelter from persecution
- protectionGuarding against harm
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
crisis · camps · shelters · aid · NGOs · UNHCR · resettlement · safe haven · humanitarian corridor · processing
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- asylum seekersPeople requesting safe haven
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
exile · uprooting · dispossession · statelessness · detention · repatriation · forced relocation · eviction · banishment · internment
journey
Travel from place to place
route · corridor · caravan · smuggling · trafficking · coyotes · border · checkpoint · documentation · visa
workers
People doing jobs
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- domesticsHousehold service workers
- constructionProcess of building something
seasonal · guest workers · braceros · exploitation · wages · recruitment · employers · day laborers · remittances · working conditions
quotas
Mandated numerical limits
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- legalizationMaking something lawful
deportation · enforcement · border control · citizenship · naturalization · green card · residency · documentation · regularization · sanctuary
multiculturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- integrationCombining into a whole
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
coexistence · melting pot · mosaic · cosmopolitan · cross-cultural · intercultural · ethnic enclaves · bilingualism · heritage · identity
xenophobia
Hatred of outsiders
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- integrationCombining into a whole
belonging · othering · stereotypes · discrimination · acceptance · solidarity · hospitality · unwelcome · burden · contribution
- migrantsarctic tern, monarch butterfly, caribou, humpback whale, gray whale
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- displacementdislocation, dislodging, relocation, displacing, uprooting
- Turkish diasporaguest workers, family reunification, second generation, dual identity, ethnic enclaves
- immigrationimmigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship, asylum
- migrationimmigrants, refugees, refugee, asylum seekers, displaced persons
migrantsresidents
People living somewhere
settlers · permanent residents · locals · homebodies · stayers
migrantsnatives
Original local population
indigenous people · locals · native-born · original inhabitants · insiders
- migrant workersPeople moving for jobs
- migrant laborEmployment requiring relocation
- migrant childrenMinors relocating across borders
- economic migrantPerson relocating for employment
- undocumented migrantsForeign nationals without authorization
- regional migrantsPeople moving within regions
immigrant, migrant, emigrant, migrant worker, migrant workers, transmigrant