Thе EYNCRIN`s Migrant and Minority Inclusion Program

Мinorities -

Thе EYNCRIN`s Migrant and Minority Inclusion Program

the term ‘ethnic’ minorities is used to define the broad category to which the booklet refers. Whilst no universally accepted definition of ‘minority’ exists, the definition used by the International Organization for Migration. This definition provides that: “a minority may be considered to be a group which is numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a State and in a non-dominant position, whose members possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics which differ from the rest of the population and who, if only implicitly, maintain a sense of solidarity directed towards preserving their culture, traditions, religion or language.

Migrant -

A migrant is a person who moves from his or her home country to another country. “The term migrant may include long-term and short-term migrant workers, asylum seekers and refugees, stateless persons, spousal and family dependants, women migrants and children and undocumented migrants.