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3.1.2 Concept of Migrants
by Priya Barot
2012). Migration is the process of leaving one’s home or usual place of residence to move to a new area or location in search of work, livelihood, or a better quality of life, as a result of marriage, to escape persecution, or because of displacement3 (UNESCO 2015).
3.1.2 Concept of Migrants
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Migrants are the people who participate in the event of human migration. The majority of migration that happens in India is from village to city but so many immigrants- people who migrate in international countries, also fall into the category of migrants. But this study only covers the interstate migrants and so many researchers and organizations have already established some definitions to define and categorize the migrants.
The Cambridge university define migrants as –
A person that travels to a different country or place, often in order to find work, moves from one place to another at different times of the year (university, n.d.).
Definition of migrants by UNHCR-
Traditionally, the word ‘migrant' has been used to designate people who move by choice rather than to escape conflict or persecution, usually across an international border (‘international migrants'), for instance, to join family members already abroad, to search for a livelihood, or a range of other purposes (UNHCR, 2016).
The Indian government has expanded the definition of inter-state migrants –
An inter-state migrant worker’ is any person who is recruited by an employer or a contractor in one state for employment in an establishment situated in another state (Das, 2020).
Definition of interstate migrants given by World Migration Report, 2015
The movement of people within a state involves the establishment of a new temporary or permanent residence.
This study will consider the migrants who fall under the inter-state migrant typology which define as the people who moves within the boundary of the respective country. The amount of this type of migrants is increasing in India with the period. Migrants can settle with some relatives or they built a house and make an informal settlement to fulfill their basic requirements.
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