Michael - Migrant - : a person who goes from one place to another especially to find work : a bird or animal that moves from one area to another at different times of the year Refugee - someone who has been forced to leave a country because of war or for religious or political reasons. They are REFUGEES - they are moving through countries to find labor or to spend the winter in a warmer climate :-) If their country were to magically become safe to inhabit, they would go back.