Definition: Ancestry-based settlers

Category: Migration statistics - UNO

Foreigners admitted by a country other than their own because of their historical, ethnic or other ties with that country, who, by virtue of those ties, are immediately granted the right of long-term residence in that country or who, having the right to citizenship in that country, become citizens within a short period after admission. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesM-58-rev1-EN.pdf