Immigration
Not to be confused with Emigration or Migration. "Immigrant" redirects here. For other uses, see Immigrant (disambiguation). Further information: Immigration by country Net migration rates for 2016: positive (blue), negative (orange), stable (green), and no data (gray) Preference of living in a country other than own Legal status of persons Concepts Administrative detention Citizenship Immigration (illegal) Jus sanguinis Jus soli Nationality Naturalization Permanent residency Statelessness Designations Administrative detainee Alien enemy Citizen (dual / multiple naturalized) Illegal immigrant Migrant worker Political prisoner Refugee Stateless person Social politics Illegal immigration Immigration law Nationalism Nationality law Nativism v t e Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized ...