an emigrant on the way to the country of immigration
adjective
2.
passing through from one place or stage to another
transmigrant in American English
(trænsˈmaɪgrənt; trænzˈmaɪgrənt)
adjective
1.
that transmigrates
noun
2.
a person or thing that transmigrates; specif., an emigrant passing through a countryor place on the way to the country in which he or she will be an immigrant