emigration

Definitions

e- (ex-, out) + migr (move) + -ation = the act of moving out of a country. It is the counterpart of immigration: emigration counts people leaving, immigration counts people arriving.

Common Collocations

• 1.mass emigration大规模外迁
• 2.wave of emigration移民出境潮
• 3.emigration rate外迁率

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Mass emigration left many rural villages almost empty.

• 2.

  The famine triggered a wave of emigration to North America.

• 3.

  Emigration from the region peaked during the economic crisis.