A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another to find work or better living conditions.
An immigrant is a person who comes to live in a foreign country. The country to which an immigrant has come is called the host country.
An emigrant is a person who leaves their own country to live in another. The country from which the emigrant has left is called the donor country.
A refugee is an immigrant given special permission to live in another country. They have fled their own country because of war, natural disasters or persecution (bad treatment).
An asylum seeker is an immigrant looking to be accepted as a refugee in another country.
An internally displaced person is a person forced to flee their home but who remains within their own country’s borders.
Forced migration occurs when someone is forced to move due to war, famine or persecution.
Individual migration is when one person moves from one country or district to another.
Organised migration involves planned migrations of people carried out by governments or other agencies.
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Photograph A shows support for Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland. They are fleeing war in their home country and are seeking permission to stay in Ireland. Photograph B shows Irish woman Melissa Carthy, who moved to Australia in search of a better life.
1. Which of the nine terms given on the right best describe the people shown? 2. Has anyone in your family emigrated or immigrated? If they did, where did they go and why?
278 B A
Ukrainians fleeing war were welcomed to Ireland in 2022
Melissa Carthy, an Irish woman living in Australia