The terminology leaflet is available in ENGLISH, GREEK, ITALIAN, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, and SPANISH. It lists reasons why not to use the term ‘illegal migrant’ and instead the recognised ‘undocumented’ or ‘irregular’ migrant as well as it provides a lexicon with translations of the latter terms in all EU languages and an overview of key institutions who already committed to using fair terminology.
Terminology
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