Definitions

A selection of definitions of migrant and migrant worker are included here, however there is no fully internationally agreed definition. Migrant workers health initiatives may go beyond restrictive definitions to include, for example, migrants’ children and families.

United Nations definition

Original UN definition of a migrant worker, 1990

Migrant worker definition

UN definition quoted on Wikipedia 2009

Ratification of UN definition of migrant worker as at 2003

Countries involved

Further definition of migrant workers?

McKay, Craw, Chopra, Health and safety Executive 2006. (takes a while to download)

UN statement 2008

Overcoming migrants’ barriers to health (Bull World Health Organ vol.86 no.8 Genebra Aug. 2008)

UK Home Office – migrant definition

A broad definition – includes all those born outside the UK

UNESCO – migrant definition

Slightly narrower than the Home Office definition, mentioning having significant social ties in the host country

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