Compléter Migrations (Cambridge C1Vocab)Version en ligne Complete the text about people who leave their home country to live somewhere else. par Alexander James Thirkell 1 asylum immigrants illegal expatriates contract refugees seekers Settlers workers professionals are people who intend to live permanently in a new country . Most head for just a few main countries , for example , the USA . Some will succeed in their aims and gain legal status as residents of the country they have moved to . These people are technically called , although this term is most commonly used by people from English - speaking nations to describe people from more developed countries living abroad . Migrants who leave their homes to escape danger or persecution may also be looking for a permanent new home . Until their claims are dealt with , they are known as , and if their claims are accepted they will be classified as . In some cases of mass flight , when thousands of people escape across a border , they are immediately granted this status . Looking for a job , a better income , or perhaps just an experience , other migrants are admitted to countries as . They are allowed to stay in their destination country on the understanding that it is for a specific period . Some are seasonal employees . Others will stay in the new country for a year or more . These include employees of multinational corporations who are moved from country to country . These people are often with specialist knowledge in their field . Some migrants overstay their visas or work whilst in the country on tourist visas . When this happens they become in the eyes of the officials . They may also try to enter a country , often endangering their own lives , by being smuggled in by people they have paid for this service .