Immigration vs. Emigration

Immigrationnoun

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

Immigrationnoun

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

Immigrationnoun

migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

Immigrationnoun

the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval;

Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and other short-term stays in a destination country do not fall under the definition of immigration or migration; seasonal labour immigration is sometimes included, however.

Emigrationnoun

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

Emigrationnoun

A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively

Emigrationnoun

The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

Emigrationnoun

A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

Emigrationnoun

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

Emigration

Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanently move to a country).