Migrant gazes to the United States of America. The crosses are in remembrance of migrants who died trying to cross illegally. IFRC/ Marko Kokic. p12150.jpg.
It focuses on the needs, vulnerabilities and potentials of migrants, irrespective of their legal status, type, or category.
In order to capture the full extent of humanitarian concerns related to migration, our description of migrants is deliberately broad:
Migrants are persons who leave or flee their habitual residence to go to new places – usually abroad – to seek opportunities or safer and better prospects. Migration can be voluntary or involuntary, but most of the time a combination of choices and constraints are involved.
Our use of the term ‘migrant’ thus includes:
- labour migrants
- stateless migrants
- migrants deemed irregular by public authorities
- migrants displaced within their own country
- refugees and asylum-seekers