Question

define migration in economics

Answer 1

Economic migration is defined as a choice to move to improve the standard of living by gaining a better paid job. When Poland and seven other Eastern European countries joined the EU in 2004, the UK received manyeconomic migrants. There were 500,000 workers from Eastern Europe in 2009.

Answer 2

An economic migrant is someone who emigrates from one region to another to seek an improvement in living standards because the living conditions or job opportunities in the migrant's own region are not sufficient. The United Nations uses the term migrant worker.