migrant worker

collocation in English

meaningsofmigrantandworker

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migrant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/us
/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/
a person that travels to a different country or place, often in order to ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofmigrantandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Once themigrantworkerestablished his/her loyalty to the indigenous farmer, they may be contracted as sharecroppers.
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Such agencies widely acknowledge the positive correlation between remittances and poverty reduction, and stress the need to viewmigrantworkerremittances as an important vehicle to develop financial services.
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Amigrantworkeragrees to travel to another province or country in order to work.
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I would prefer to have the settler rather than themigrantworker.
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These services should be accessible to everymigrantworkersegment.
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This recognition confers upon themigrantworkerthe right to embark upon or carry on the profession in question on the same conditions as a holder of the national diploma.
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The notion of a 'migrantworker' does not actually take account of what really happens when people immigrate with members of their family, including students or retired people.
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If we do not, we may need the migrants' charter in order to give themigrantworkerthe same kind of rights as the existing settler.
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She has represented the poor indigenous, themigrantworker, and even free-spirited nuns for over 30 years.
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Although the son grew up with his peasant father, he moves into the city as amigrantworkertogether with his future wife.
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As a daughter of amigrantworker, her family was constantly moving, and she lived in foster homes intermittently.
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The success of the currentmigrantworkersystem has yet to be completely evaluated.
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On that basis he concluded that the farmer could not isolate themigrantworkerfrom the outside world.
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The relations focused on economy and trade sectors, especially on energy (oil) and human resources (migrantworker).
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These are often established by families who have invested money sent home bymigrantworkerinto materials and equipment.
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Recruitment agencies routinely falsified birth dates, including for children, in order to apply for passports andmigrantworkerdocuments.
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Unable to find any gainful employment, he became amigrantworker.
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