emigration
noun/ˌemɪˈɡreɪʃn/
/ˌemɪˈɡreɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- emigration (of somebody) (from…) (to…) the act of leaving your own country to go and live permanently in another country
- the mass emigration of Cubans to the US
- emigration from Ireland to the US in the mid-nineteenth century
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