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immigration

immigration

noun ee-mee-grah-SYOHN Rare

Usage Note

Immigration describes movement of people into a country; the complementary term émigration describes leaving a country. In French political discourse the two are often conflated, but they are formally distinct. Un immigré (an immigrant) and un émigré (an emigrant) follow the same pattern.

Examples

"Le débat sur l'immigration divise l'opinion."

Natural Translation

The debate on immigration divides opinion.

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