migrant

Example Sentences

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News reports and visuals of crowded railway stations and bus terminals suggest the situation is similar in cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, where large numbers of migrant workers live and work.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

In the 2023–24 school year, migrant students accounted for 2.7% of California’s homeless student population — double the national share among homeless students reported the previous year, according to the study.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Europe's top economy is home to the largest Syrian diaspora in the European Union at more than a million, many of whom arrived during the peak of the migrant influx in 2015-2016.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Governments in Asia have been scrambling to bring migrant workers home.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The goods— belonging to migrant workers living alone in the city—were being sent to wives back in the tribal reserve.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane