Alien and Migrant

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Alien noun - A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.

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Migrant and alien are semantically related. in foreign being topic. In some cases you can use "Migrant" instead a noun "Alien".

Migrant noun - One that leaves one place to settle in another.

Usage example: the city will have to expand and upgrade its social services in order to handle the latest influx of migrants

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Alien and migrant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alien" instead a noun "Migrant".

Nearby Words: migrate, migration, migratory, migrating

Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left metaphorically captures the migrant experience of kids by portraying an alien family settling on Earth as refugees.

Source: An Immigrant's Tale
Visual Pun: The opening scene has an illegal aliennote an extraterrestrial violating parole dressed as an illegal alien.note a prospective migrant attempting to enter the country without documentation Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Reggie's newborn "squid" child coughs up on J shortly after it's born.

Source: Film / Men in Black
In Aliens, Hudson teases Vasquez by saying "When they said 'Alien', she thought they said 'Illegal Alien' and signed up." Vasquez' actress actually did make that mistake, and showed up to the auditions dressed as a migrant worker.

Source: Development Gag

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