emigration
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌem.ɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌem.əˈɡreɪ.ʃən/theprocessofleavingacountrypermanentlyand going tolivein another one:
EmigrationtoWesternEuropehas beensignificant.
Travel and emigration havebroadenedthemindandbroughtunparalleledopportunitiestocountlessfamilies.
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- Manyyoungpeoplelivein theUnitedStatesas aresultoftheirparents' emigration fromTurkey,China, Romania, and ahostof othernations.
- Afranticscramblefor emigrationvisasthreatenedtoaggravateabraindrainof thetalentedandeducated.
- There should be newrulesfor emigrations andrefugees.
Changing homes & moving
- anti-immigrant
- anti-immigration
- asylum seeker
- deinstitutionalize
- diaspora
- immigrant
- immigration
- migrant
- migrate
- migration
- move on
- mover
- removal
- removalist
- remover
- resettle
- resettlement
- settle
- shift
- stake
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