Definition(s) In the global context, the act of arriving in a State with the intention to remain for a period exceeding one year. In the EU context, the action by which a person establishes their usual residence in the territory of an EU Member State for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months, having previously been usually resident in another EU Member State or a third country. Source(s) Global context: UN Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration EU context: Art. 2(b) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 (Migration Statistics Regulation) Translations BG: имиграция CS: přistěhovalectví / imigrace DE: Zuwanderung (EU acquis); Einwanderung / Immigration EL: μετανάστευση EN: immigration ES: inmigración ET: sisseränne FI: maahanmuutto FR: immigration GA: inimirce HU: bevándorlás IT: immigrazione LT: imigracija LV: imigrācija MT: Immigrazzjoni NL: immigratie PL: imigracja PT: imigração RO: imigraţie SK: prisťahovalectvo / imigrácia SL: priseljevanje SV: invandring NO: innvandring KA: იმიგრაცია UK: імміграція Synonym(s) Immigration Broader Term(s) migration Narrower Term(s) EU Immigration Portal Related Term(s) emigration immigrant