migrant

Etymology

From French migrant.

noun

1. A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
2. Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
3. (informal) A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another.
   But once you lose everything— your home, your school, your clinic, your road, your church—then it’s an impossible situation. You become an environmental migrant because you have to find those facilities in some other place. April 22 2021, Aryn Baker, “Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?”, in Time
4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.

adj

1. Migratory.