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Migration and Home Affairs

Definition(s)

Person working in a country other than their own under contractual arrangements that set limits on the period of employment and on the specific job held by the migrant.

Source(s)

OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms

Translations

  • BG: работник мигрант на трудов договор
  • CS: pracující migrant se smluvním vztahem
  • DE: Vertragsarbeitnehmer
  • EL: μισθωτός μετανάστης εργαζόμενος
  • EN: contract migrant worker
  • ES: No translation
  • ET: lepinguline võõrtöötaja
  • FI: maahanmuuttaja, jolla on rajoitettu työnteko-oikeus
  • FR: travailleur migrant sous contrat
  • GA: oibrí imirceach ar conradh
  • HU: szerződéssel rendelkező / szerződéses migráns munkavállaló
  • IT: lavoratore migrante a contratto
  • LT: migrantas darbuotojas pagal sutartį
  • LV: līgumdarbinieks migrants
  • MT: Migrant ħaddiem b’kuntratt tax-xogħol
  • NL: buitenlandse contractarbeider
  • PL: migrant / pracownik kontraktowy
  • PT: trabalhador migrante por conta de outrem
  • RO: lucrator migrant cu contract
  • SK: pracujúci migrant so zmluvou na dobu určitú
  • SL: pogodbeni delavec migrant
  • SV: migrant med begränsat anställningsavtal
  • NO: migrant med begrenset arbeidsavtale (b); migrant med avgrensa arbeidsavtale (n)
  • KA: ხელშეკრულებით დასაქმებული შრომითი მიგრანტი
  • UK: працівник-мігрант за контрактом

Synonym(s)

  • contract worker

Broader Term(s)

Related Term(s)

Note(s)

1. Contract migrant workers cannot change jobs without permission granted by the authorities of the receiving state.
2. This full term is not commonly used; ‘contract worker’, which does not necessarily apply to migrants only, is more common.