Definition: Short-term migrant

Category: Migration statistics - UNO

A person who moves to a country other than that of his or her usual residence for a period of at least three months but less than a year (12 months) except in cases where the movement to that country is for purposes of recreation, holiday, visits to friends or relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesM-58-rev1-EN.pdf