Migrant = a person who moves from one place to another to find work or better living conditions.
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Immigrant = a person who comes to live in a foreign country.
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Emigrant = a person who leaves their own country to live in another.
„ „ 1. A Syrian family arriving in Germany
Refugee = an immigrant given special permission to live in another country because of war, natural disasters or persecution (bad treatment).
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Asylum seeker = an immigrant looking to be accepted as a refugee in another country.
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Internally displaced person = a person forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country’s borders.
„ „ 2. Melissa Carthy, an Irish woman living in Australia
Managing information and thinking:
Figure 1 shows a Syrian family arriving in Germany. They are fleeing from war in their home country and are seeking permission to stay in Germany. Figure 2 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 describes the people shown?
2. Has anyone in your family emigrated or immigrated? If they did, where did they go and why?
Forced migration = when someone is forced to move due to war or famine
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Individual migration = when a person moves from one country or district to another.
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Organised migration = planned migrations of people carried out by governments or other agencies.
