- Migrant: a person who moves from one place to another to find work or better living conditions.
- Immigrant: a person who comes to live in a foreign country.
- Emigrant: a person who leaves their own country to live in another.
- Refugee: an immigrant who has been given special permission to live in another country because of war, natural disasters or persecution.
- Asylum seeker: an immigrant who is looking to be accepted as a refugee in another country.
- Internally displaced person: a person forced to flee their home but who stays within their country's borders.
- Forced migration: when someone is forced to move due to war or famine.
- Individual migration: when a person moves from one country or district to another.
- Organised migration: planned migrations of people carried out by governments or other agencies.