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== Examples of people who would be defined as migrants == | == Examples of people who would be defined as migrants == | ||
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'''Refugees''' | '''Refugees''' | ||
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*Refugees may be smuggled into another country to flee unsafe living conditions. | *Refugees may be smuggled into another country to flee unsafe living conditions. | ||
*For example, due to restrictions on immigration at the Mexican border, even those fleeing dire conditions are detained when caught at the U.S. border. | *For example, due to restrictions on immigration at the Mexican border, even those fleeing dire conditions are detained when caught at the U.S. border. | ||
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 51px;" | '''International students''' | | style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 51px;" | '''International students''' | ||
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*Canada accepted 621,565 international students in 2021. | |||
*Canada accepted 621,565 international students in 2021. | *International students pay significantly higher tuition fees to study, plus face restrictions on the amount of labour they can provide to meet the cost (no more than 20 hours per week). <ref>https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/work-off-campus.html</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:55, 11 January 2023
A migrant is "a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons. The term includes a number of well-defined legal categories of people." -International Organization for Migration
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