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The term immigration was coined in the 17th century, referring to non-warlike population movements between the emerging nation states. When people cross national borders during their migration, they are called migrants or immigrants (from Latin: migrare, 'wanderer') from the perspective of the
According to USCB, the first generation of immigrants is composed of individuals who are foreign-born, which includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, protracted temporary residents (such as long-staying foreign students and migrant workers, but not tourists and family visitors), humanitarian migrants (such as refugees and asylees), and even unauthorized migrants.
The integration of immigrants or migrant integration is the process of social integration of immigrants and their descendants in a society. Central aspects of social integration are language , education , the labour market , participation , values and identification within the host country.
[68] [69] Hispanic immigrants suffered job losses during the late-2000s recession, [70] but since the recession's end in June 2009, immigrants posted a net gain of 656,000 jobs. [71] Nearly 14 million immigrants entered the United States from 2000 to 2010, [72] and over one million persons were naturalized as U.S. citizens in 2008.
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, [1] with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.
Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanently move to a country). [3] A migrant emigrates from their old country, and immigrates to their new country. Thus, both emigration and immigration describe migration, but from different countries' perspectives.
These definitions contrast with those of other words with the same meaning, such as: Migrant: 'A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions' (Oxford), [8] or 'one that migrates: such as a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops' (Webster's); [9] or Immigrant
A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have an intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work. [1] In Ghana, a migrant hawker carries colorful textiles on his head for sale