Noun
- any foreign-born people who have migrated… because they have been displaced from their home country, have a fear of persecution, or have been moved by deception or coercion.
Cassidy, Rachel. Involuntary and Voluntary Migrant Algorithm. Sabre Systems, Inc. http://sabresystems.com/whitepapers/AMS_Deliverable_3_020305.pdf Accessed 12/04/2012
- “involuntary” migrants exercise no choice when they are forced out of their homes.
Forced Migration Guide. http://forcedmigrationguide.pbworks.com/w/page/7447981/Part%20One Accessed 12/04/2012
Involuntary migrants may include those kidnapped or trafficked for the purpose of domestic or international labour.
Bales, Kevin. 2004. New Slavery: A Reference Handbook. Second Edition. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara
Cambridge, Cambridge Histories Online, “22: Involuntary Migration in the Early Modern World, 1500–1800, “ http://histories.cambridge.org/uid=2350/extract?id=chol9780521840682_CHOL9780521840682A024. (accessed May 2, 2012)
Forced Migration Online http://www.forcedmigration.org/
Human Rights Watch. 2010. Rights on the Line: Human Rights Watch Work on Abuses against Migrant Workers in 2010. Human Rights Watch
Cassidy, Rachel. Involuntary and Voluntary Migrant Algorithm. Sabre Systems, Inc. http://sabresystems.com/whitepapers/AMS_Deliverable_3_020305.pdf Accessed 12/04/2012
Forced Migration Guide. http://forcedmigrationguide.pbworks.com/w/page/7447981/Part%20One Accessed 12/04/2012
Other Related Terms: development induced displacement; mixed causes of migration; refugee;