Definition: Foreign migrant workers

Category: Migration statistics - UNO

Foreigners admitted by the receiving State for the specific purpose of exercising an economic activity remunerated from within the receiving country. Their length of stay is usually restricted as is the type of employment they can hold. 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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