Definition: Emigrant

Category: Demography

Person travelling abroad with the intention of residing there for a certain minimum period, for example 12 months in the case of Dutch emigrants leaving the Netherlands. Germans become emigrants when they leave their occupied residence. A Briton becomes an emigrant when intending to live abroad for more than 12 months, having being resident in the UK for the previous 12 months. An Irish person becomes an emigrant when he or she is already resident abroad, having been resident in Ireland one year previously. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-CC-03-005-EN.pdf