what is the difference between immigration and emigration
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immigration means coming of people to a particular country.
emmigration means leaving a particular country by people to settle in new places.
To immigrate is to enter and settle in a foreign country, leaving a past home. “Immigrate” implies a permanent move and applies only to people. For example,
My grandparents immigrated to the United States in the 1920s.
There is one main feature that distinguishes “immigrate” from “migrate.” “Immigrate” means an individual or group of people have moved into a new, foreign country. “Migrate” does not require moving into foreign land; it just implies moving. “Immigrate” usually refers to the crossing of a political boundary (moving into a new country) where “migrate” can just be moving to a new region.
To emigrate is to leave one country or region to settle in another. “Emigrate” implies a permanent move and only applies to people. For example,
My grandparents emigrated from Norway.
The difference between “immigrate” and “emigrate” is that “immigrating” is the act of entering a foreign country to live while “emigrating” is the act of leaving a country to live in another.