migrant

[US]/ˈmaɪɡrənt/
[UK]/ˈmaɪɡrənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. immigrant; migratory worker
adj. moving; wandering

Phrases & Collocations

migrant worker

migrant population

migrant crisis

migrant caravan

migrant labor

migrant rights

migrant smuggling

migrant integration

migrant detention

migrant settlement

rural migrant workers

Example Sentences

encamp migrant workers near the fields.

Migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation.

Migrant workers move from city to city in search of work.

Summer migrants nest here.

Migrant workers move from country to country in search of work.

There are approximately 12 million migrants with their dependants living in the EU countries.

City residents also blame migrant workers for the sharp rise in the urban crime rate.

City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

"According to a recent survey, in Shanghai alone there are more than 2.5 million migrant workers."

Benefits for commuters and migrants leave Swedes unworried by tales of Danish ghettos in Malmo.

Dilip Ratha of the World Bank wryly remarks that migrants are being “thrust into the role of a sort of lender of last resort.

But those who favor the influx of the cheap labor force , on the other side, maintain that migrants are needed for the massive urban infrastucture contruction program.

Most of the passengers are college students on their winter vacation and migrant workers retuning home for Spring Festival.

Such migrants should not be considered "resourceless victims" and financial assistance needed to go beyond basic humanitarian aid and pay for infrastructure such as schools and hospitals.

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