UN Convention on the Rights of Migrants defines a migrant worker as a "person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national." Internal migration refers to a move from one area (a province, district or municipality) to another within one country.
Sources:
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/45/a45r158.htm
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