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Immigrants

LC control no.sh 85064517
Topical headingImmigrants
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Variant(s)Emigrants
Foreign-born population
Foreign population
Foreigners
Migrants
See alsoPersons
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Scope noteHere are entered works on foreign-born persons who enter a country intending to become permanent residents or citizens. Works on persons who change their place of residence from one locality to another within the borders of a single country are entered under Internal migrants.
This heading may be locally subdivided by names of places where immigrants settle.
For works discussing emigrants from a particular place, an additional heading is assigned to designate the nationality of origin of the emigrant group and the place to which they have immigrated, e.g. Chinese--United States; Americans--Foreign countries.
Subject example tracingNote under Internal migrants
Found inWeb. 3 (A person who moves into another area in order to find work esp. seasonal labor)
LC database, July 19, 1994 (Foreign born population)
Alien to citizen : settling migrants in Australia, 1997.
Arabs in exile : Yemeni migrants in urban Britain, 1992.