mi·gra·tion | em·i·gra·tion | im·mi·gra·tion |
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seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. “this butterfly’s annual migration across North America”2. movement from one part of something to another. |
the act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad. “mass emigration from Ireland to the United States” |
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
“patterns of immigration from the Indian sub-continent to Britain” |