Definition: Dependants

Category: Migration statistics - UNO

Immediate relatives of the principal migrant who are normally admitted in the same migration category as that person.  Although the definition of immediate relative varies from country to country, the spouse and minor children of a principal migrant usually qualify as dependants. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesM-58-rev1-EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration", Revision 1, Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 58, United Nations, New York, 1998
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