Term:
Ancestry-based settlers
Definition:

Are foreigners admitted by a country other than their own because of their historical, ethnic or other ties with that country, who, by virtue of those ties, are immediately granted the right of long-term residence in that country or who, having the right to citizenship in that country, become citizens within a short period after admission.

Domain:
Population
Source:
Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration Revision 1, 1998
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