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The terms "migrants" and "asylum seekers" are often used interchangeably, often for cynical reasons.
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In the current migration crisis, the terms "migrant", "refugee" and less commonly "asylum seeker" are used daily to mean one and the same thing.
(I'm inclined to prefer the terms migrant and migration to immigrant and immigration: the latter two seem to privilege the country of arrival; every immigrant is also an emigrant, and migrant encompasses both).
In what follows, the terms migrant and non-German citizen are used interchangeably.
Media have often confused the terms migrant, immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, or have used them in a derogatory fashion.
Some might still not be long-term migrants.
Long-term migrants are defined as those who move abroad for at least 12 months.
In the longer term, migrants will be essential to supplement shrinking native workforces.
Watson added that the number of short-term migrants coming to the UK to work or study had been rising recently, but that it was necessary to consider short-term migrants leaving as well to get the full picture.
This provides some solid data, though not distinguishing between long-term and short-term migrants.Most European states have national or municipal registers, if few of Dutch quality.
The ONS said 308,000 long-term migrants came to live in Britain to work – an increase of 30,000 and the highest on record.
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