But it really irks me when people – especially journalists – use migrant and immigrant as though they mean the same thing. The problem might be with the headline writers.
Here’s a recent example:
According to Webster:
Migrant – a person or animal that migrates. Also called migrant worker, a person who moves from place to place to get work, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.
Immigrant – a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
So…a migrant isn’t necessarily an immigrant from another country.
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