Definicija: population movement, encompassing any kind of movement of people, whatever its length, composition and causes; it includes migration of refugees, displaced persons, economic migrants, and persons moving for other purposes, including family reunification

Definicija: Trajna ali začasna sprememba kraja bivališča določene osebe.

Definicija: The permanent or semipermanent change of a person's place of residence.

Definicija: Splošni pojem, ki se uporablja za migracijska gibanja, kjer je prisoten element prisile, vključno z grožnjo zoper življenje in preživetje, ki bodisi izvira iz narave ali jo povzroča človek (npr. gibanja beguncev in notranje razseljenih oseb ter ljudi, ki se selijo zaradi naravnih ali okoljskih nesreč, kemijskih ali jedrskih nesreč, lakote ali razvojnih projektov).

Definicija: In the EU context, resettlement programmes refer to voluntary programmes by which EU Member States aim to provide international protection and a durable solution in their territories to refugees and displaced persons identified as eligible for resettlement by UNHCR, and which include actions that the EU Member States implement to assess the resettlement needs and transfer the persons concerned to their territories, with a view to granting them a secure legal status and to promoting their effective integration.