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I think China is a good reminder that the word "migrant" is just newspeak, most countries use it to refer to people fromother countries, China use it for people from another city...
Here in India people use the word "migrant" for people who come from other parts of country. Perhaps this is the case in large countries.
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Migrant workers, not migrant refugees. These are people who comes from poor rural communities in search of better jobs and future, not opportunistic economic migrants who come to take advantage of an European welfare state. Also note that without a hukou they receive limited education and government services. This prevents them from settling in the cities they work in.
Have you ever actually spoken to one of those "opportunistic economic migrants" who apparently don't like the bad economic situation of places like syria, anymore?
I think China is a good reminder that the word "migrant" is just newspeak, most countries use it to refer to people fromother countries, China use it for people from another city...
I'm pretty sure China uses some Chinese word instead. And at least around here (European country), "migration" and "migrants" are also used when referring to people moving between regions inside the same country.
本地 (ben di)- from local / basic soil. Often used as a badge of pride.
民工 (min gong)- common term for migrant worker in China. Interesting decomposition of the work - 民 (min) meaning a person, or member of the people. 工 (gong) meaning work (with one's hands, literal). This would be the closest match for a European moving country in seek of wage.
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Have you ever actually spoken to one of those "opportunistic economic migrants" who apparently don't like the bad economic situation of places like syria, anymore?
Many people fleeing Syria are not economic migrants, I'd say.
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Have you ever actually spoken to one of those "opportunistic economic migrants" who apparently don't like the bad economic situation of places like syria, anymore?
Many people fleeing Syria are not economic migrants, I'd say.
I think China is a good reminder that the word "migrant" is just newspeak, most countries use it to refer to people fromother countries, China use it for people from another city...
Migrant workers, not migrant refugees. These are people who comes from poor rural communities in search of better jobs and future, not opportunistic economic migrants who come to take advantage of an European welfare state. Also note that without a hukou they receive limited education and government services. This prevents them from settling in the cities they work in.
I think China is a good reminder that the word "migrant" is just newspeak, most countries use it to refer to people fromother countries, China use it for people from another city...
Migrant workers, not migrant refugees. These are people who comes from poor rural communities in search of better jobs and future, not opportunistic economic migrants who come to take advantage of an European welfare state. Also note that without a hukou they receive limited education and government services. This prevents them from settling in the cities they work in.
Religion? Ethnicity? Country of origin?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here in India people use the word "migrant" for people who come from other parts of country. Perhaps this is the case in large countries.
Not in the US. From Alaska? Maybe rough around the edges but citizen not migrant.
I think China is a good reminder that the word "migrant" is just newspeak, most countries use it to refer to people fromother countries, China use it for people from another city...
Migrant workers, not migrant refugees. These are people who comes from poor rural communities in search of better jobs and future, not opportunistic economic migrants who come to take advantage of an European welfare state. Also note that without a hukou they receive limited education and government services. This prevents them from settling in the cities they work in.