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[dirty foot]

21 of them.

Could have used a few more during that winter battle.

Random is random though.

[Mister Always]

...so, your problem is?

[Jacob/Lee]

The migrant is a very strange creature. It thrives on arriving to pre-established fortresses and leaching food, booze and supplies off of the area. They reproduce rapidly, constantly bring useless cats and be generally useless at everything except arrow bait. The only way to stop them is through execution en mass at your fortress gates before they have a chance to get inside and assimilate themselves with the real workers.

[dirty foot]

The migrant is a very strange creature. It thrives on arriving to pre-established fortresses and leaching food, booze and supplies off of the area. They reproduce rapidly, constantly bring useless cats and be generally useless at everything except arrow bait. The only way to stop them is through execution en mass at your fortress gates before they have a chance to get inside and assimilate themselves with the real workers.

I'm already thinking of good uses for their pets.

I'm thinking theoretical physics.

[malroth]

Leave the gates shut,  Issue them all some quantum stockpiled crossbows and bolts and have them fend off the hostile forces of the land,   those that make a name for themselves via their quickdraw and straight shooting skills are welcomed into the community,  those that fail get an unmarked coffin that sits in the burning sunlight forever.

[Raging Mouse]

When I see migrants, I think "Hooray, another leather-clad squad of wrestlers!"

[Flying Dice]

When I see migrants I think "more additions to the post-attack cleanup crew that inevitably gets slaughtered by the 120 Sand Raiders/Bugbears/Violet Xelics/Goblins/Etc that show up halfway through".

[Gnauga]

Am I the only one who subvocalizes "Fresh meat..." when I see migrants?

[Minnakht]

Am I the only one who is compassionate and kind of caring?

...I guess.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

I let them in, although most get one of these three:

A. An important job
B. Drafted into the mason's guild (masonry, stone detailing, architecture, and mechanics)
C. Drafted into the military

As you may guess, B and C are the most common.

[Kamamura]

You forgot hauling. I never have enough haulers.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

I usually have 30+ idlers. In an 80 dwarf fort. I have too many haulers.

[Nameless Archon]

You forgot hauling. I never have enough haulers.

I recently began using th custom professions in Dwarf Therapist (so gooood) and I now assign all useless migrants to the ranks of the haulers. If they're lucky, and fortunate enough to have the capricious whims of the overseer turn a beneficent gaze upon them, they may end up in another job long enough to become permanently established within it. If not, back to the hauler pool they'll go.

Haulers are my post-siege cleanup crew, and I could care less about them. If they survive, great. If not, I have slabs and lots more where those came from.

[Psieye]

There is always more demand for interchangeable drones in my industry-oriented forts. The clear glass industry cannot operate without a large number of otherwise meaningless dwarves chopping, hauling and processing wood. The textile industry is similarly labour intensive. Brewing is also a drone job off 9 stills. My top artisans probably each need some 10~20 dwarves attending to their needs when they're in full swing.

[Doro]

I liked migrants in 40d more. they came once in a season and when fortress was wealthy enough.
Now they come as they please and even they have reduced amount of peasants radically, they are still useless and i cant be bothered with all the micromanagement that is necessary.