immigrant:
(plural: ‘immigrants‘; pronunciation: both the letters ‘i’ rhyme with the letter ‘i’ in “ink”; the opposite word in meaning is “emigrant“)
a person who leaves his/her country, travels to and arrives into another country to work and live there permanently,
immigrants to the United States of America, waiting to be accepted
It’s interesting to read the story of an immigrant in the States who does not have any documents showing his country of origin, and so has been accepted as a citizen of the USA!
Most of the immigrants in the developed countries are unemployed youth from the underdeveloped countries who wish to find some kind of employment and better life.
Immigrants are treated well in some countries and treated harshly in some others for different reasons — the main reason being the high unemployment rate in those host countries.
Whatever be the country they are in, the status of immigrants is uncertain until they are granted official permission by the host country.
Every country in the world, developed and underdeveloped alike, is facing with the problem of illegal immigrants who are smuggled into the host countries by a net work of human traffickers who go to any lengths to get their profits.
illegal immigrants from other parts of Africa trying to sneak into Tunisia
Refugees and asylum seekers do not come under immigrants because they do not arrive into a foreign country on their own but because they are forced to leave their country or homeland for safety in times of war, internal political or religious disturbances or natural calamities, and some kind neighbouring countries give them shelter and food until it is safe for them to return to their home land.
