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Old Feb 5, 2007, 10:18 pm   #2 (permalink) (top)
Scribbler1
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Without double checking with my dictionary, for the sake of simplicity I would say an IMMIGRANT is someone who moves from one place to live in another, whereas a MIGRANT is someone who just moves around and has no particular long-term residence.
They are not interchangeable words.


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