Definition: Third country national

Category: International Migration and Asylum

Any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17 (1) of the Treaty, including stateless persons (see Art. 2.1 (i) of the Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/migr_eil_esms.htm Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workersEurostat, "Residence permits", General methodological information on International Migration and Asylum