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A person who has left his or her native country, to live in a different place, for a variety of reasons. There is some overlapping between the categories of refugee and migrant: in some cases, social inequalities might stimulate migration, but in general, migrants do not share the fear of persecution or the experience of past mistreatment that refugees experience.
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(2010). Migrant. In: Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R. (eds) Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_6104
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