Economic migrant definition
Economic migrant means a person who has left his or her own country and seeks by lawful or unlawful means to make a living for himself or herself (and their family in many cases) in another country. https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/70
Economic migrant means a person who has left his own country and seeks by lawful or unlawful means to find employment in another country. Many asylum seekers are economic migrants who hope to secure entry into any country by claim- ing asylum.