Table 1.

Terms and Definitions of Migration.

	Definition
Migrant	A person who has voluntarily left his or her home country to live temporarily or permanently in another country (area).
Refugee	A person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of which he or she is a national and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country.
Asylum seeker	A person seeking safety from persecution or serious harm in a country other than his or her own and awaiting a decision on an application for refugee status under international and national laws.