0 a person who leaves their home country to live in another country with better working or living conditions
1 someone who goes to live in another country because it is possible to earn more money or to have a better standard of living there than in their own country:
It is the economic migrant who responds to economic incentives.
The distinction made in another place between the economic migrant and the genuine refugee is no doubt difficult to determine.
Was that businessman an economic migrant or a person seeking political asylum?
She is not an economic migrant but a fellow human being in deep despair.
While we have always welcomed genuine refugees, we now have the economic migrant.
I was thinking that there is at least one economic migrant who has come back to this country instead of staying abroad.
However, the fact that more people fall into the category of economic migrant should not lessen the quality of justice for the genuine applicant for admission to this country.
It is not the genuine refugee who responds to economic incentives; it is the economic migrant masquerading as an asylum seeker who responds to such incentives.
中文繁体
經濟移民(為追求更好的工作或生活條件而移民別國的人)…
More中文简体
经济移民(为追求更好的工作或生活条件而移民别国的人)…
MorePortuguês
imigrante econômico, -a…
MorePolski
emigrant ekonomiczny…
MoreTürk dili
daha iyi iş ve yaşam koşulları için başka bir ülkeye göç eden kişi, göçmen…
Moreрусский язык
экономический эмигрант…
More