Glossary
The EMN Glossary – as one of the key products of the EMN - improves comparability by enabling a common understanding and use of terms and definitions relating to asylum and migration. The Glossary draws on a variety of sources, but primarily on the legislation of the EU asylum and immigration acquis, and makes terms available in the majority of EU Member State languages.
The online version is regularly updated and available in various languages.
- BG: нетна миграция
- CZ: saldo migrace
- DE: Nettomigration
- EE: rändesaldo
- EN: net migration
- ES: saldo migratorio
- FI: nettomaahanmuutto
- FR: solde migratoire
- GA: imirce ghlan
- GR: δίκτυο μετανάστευσης
- HU: nettó migráció
- IT: migrazione netta (o saldo migratorio)
- LT: migracijos saldas
- LV: migrācijas saldo
- MT: Migrazzjoni netta
- NL: migratiesaldo (syn.: netto migratie)
- NO: netto migrasjon
- PL: migracja netto
- PT: saldo migratório
- RO: migraţia netă
- SE: nettomigration
- SK: migračné saldo / čistá migrácia
- SL: neto migracija
The difference between immigration into and emigration from a given area during the year.
2. Since many countries either do not have accurate figures on immigration and emigration or have no figures at all, net migration is frequently estimated as the difference between total population change and natural increase between two dates (in Eurostat’s database it is then called corrected net migration). The statistics on net migration are therefore affected by any statistical inaccuracies in any of the components used for their derivation.
- BG: емигрант
- CZ: vystěhovalec; emigrant
- DE: Abwanderer / Auswanderer / Emigrant
- EE: väljarändaja
- EN: emigrant
- ES: emigrante
- FI: maastamuuttaja / siirtolainen
- FR: émigrant
- GA: eisimirceach
- GR: απόδημος / μετανάστης
- HU: emigráns
- IT: emigrante
- LT: emigrantas
- LV: emigrants
- MT: Emigrant(a)
- NL: emigrant
- NO: utvandrer
- PL: emigrant
- PT: emigrante
- RO: emigrant
- SE: utvandrare
- SK: vysťahovalec (national law) / emigrant
- SL: izseljenec /emigrant
In the EU context, a person who, having previously been usually resident in the territory of an EU Member State, ceases to have their usual residence in that EU Member State for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months
National legislation might understand different time limits in their definitions.
- BG: диаспора
- CZ: diaspora
- DE: Diaspora
- EE: diasporaa
- EN: diaspora
- ES: diáspora
- FI: diaspora
- FR: diaspora
- GA: diaspóra
- GR: διασπορά
- HU: diaszpóra
- IT: diaspora
- LT: diaspora
- LV: diaspora
- MT: Dijaspora
- NL: diaspora
- NO: diaspora
- PL: Diaspora
- PT: diáspora
- RO: diaspora
- SE: diaspora
- SK: diaspóra
- SL: diaspora
Individuals and members of networks, associations and communities, who have left their country of origin, but maintain links with their homelands.
2. It is a general term, with no legal definition, which can also cover EU Member State nationals (and immigrants) who feel strong connections to their origins.