Type | Definition |
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Irregular migrants | Irregular migrants are persons whose paths of migration did not adhere to legal provisions of entry and residence. |
Undocumented migrants | Undocumented migrants are third-country nationals without a valid residence permit or visa allowing them to reside in the country of destination and who, if detected, may be liable to deportation. |
Involuntary migrants | Any foreign-born people who have migrated to a country because they have been displaced from their home country, have an established or well-founded fear of persecution, or have been moved by deception or coercion. |
Refugees | Any persons who have fled their country, are unable or unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of their country of nationality or habitual residence because of a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. |
Asylum seekers | Asylees are persons being granted asylum, having the right to remain permanently in destination country. Contrasting to a refugee who underwent processing overseas, an asylee is a person who first reached another country, usually as a visitor or other non-immigrant status, and either upon or after arrival declared oneself to be a ‘refugee’ based on the refugee standard. |