Definitions
A selection of definitions of migrant and migrant worker are included here, however there is no fully internationally agreed definition. Migrant workers health initiatives may go beyond restrictive definitions to include, for example, migrants’ children and families.
Original UN definition of a migrant worker, 1990
UN definition quoted on Wikipedia 2009
Ratification of UN definition of migrant worker as at 2003
Countries involved
Further definition of migrant workers?
McKay, Craw, Chopra, Health and safety Executive 2006. (takes a while to download)
Overcoming migrants’ barriers to health (Bull World Health Organ vol.86 no.8 Genebra Aug. 2008)
UK Home Office – migrant definition
A broad definition – includes all those born outside the UK
Slightly narrower than the Home Office definition, mentioning having significant social ties in the host country