However, many of the temporary migrants had decided to become permanent Americans.
Women leaving their country of origin are often considered to be temporary migrants.
Exact population numbers probably depend on how temporary migrants are counted.
This is no longer the 1960s, temporary migrants are people coming from a university background.
In 2000, the city's total population reached 13.56 million, including 2.49 million temporary migrants.
Of the 20.18 million total population in 2011, 12.77 million were long-term residents with temporary migrants making up 7.4 million (36.7%).
The Chinese population stands at 258,920, mostly composed of temporary migrants.
Both temporary and permanent migrants sought to maintain ties with families in the countryside.
There are approximately 3 to 4 million temporary Muslim migrants from the post-Soviet states.
During this period, blacks were treated as temporary migrants who did not require family accommodation.