Definition: Principal migrant

Category: Migration statistics - UNO

Within a family group, the person who is considered by immigration authorities to be the head of the family and upon whose admission depends that of the other members of the family. 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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