asylee refugee, immigrant definition

Question 1

What is a refugee?

Answer 1

a person outside the US seeking to enter while also outside their home country and unable or unwilling to return due to persecution or fear of persecution

Question 2

What is an asylee?

Answer 2

a person inside the US unable or unwilling to return to their country of nationality because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality or membership in a particular social group of political opinion

Question 3

What is an immigrant?

Answer 3

Someone who legally emigrates from one country to another; a lawful, permanent resident alien; a person who is not a citizen but entered the country with a valid visa and obtained a work permit

Question 4

What is a migrant?

Answer 4

a person who moves from place to place following seasonal agricultural jobs