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economic migrant

A person leaving his/her habitual place of residence

to settle outside his/her country of origin in order to

improve his/her quality of life. This term may be used

to distinguish from refugees fleeing persecution, and

is also used to refer to persons attempting to enter a

country without legal permission and/or by using

asylum procedures without bona fide cause. It also

applies to persons settling outside their country of

origin for the duration of an agricultural season,

appropriately called seasonal workers.

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