Economic migrant

An economic migrant is someone who has emigrated from one region to another for better employment opportunities or improved an financial position.[1][2] Economic migrants who work outside of their home country are termed migrant workers by the United Nations.[3]

Legality

Many countries have immigration and visa restrictions that prohibit a person entering the country for the purposes of gaining work without a valid work visa. Persons who are declared an economic migrant can be refused entry into a try. Thus, the migrant's presence is deemed illegal. Within the European Union economic migration is legal.[4]

The World Bank estimates that remittances totaled $420 billion in 2009, of which $317 billion went to developing countries.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/economic+migrant
  2. ↑ http://www.prb.org/Articles/2010/environmentalmigrants.aspx
  3. ↑ "United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families". United Nations. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ Types of migration: Economic Migration, BBC
  5. ↑ Remittance Prices Worldwide