emigration

noun

em·i·gra·tion ˌe-mə-ˈgrā-shən

plural emigrations

: an act or instance of emigrating : departure from a place of abode, natural home, or country for life or residence elsewhere

Further Chinese emigration to Taiwan was to be carefully limited.—

Jonathan D. Spence

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The Great Famine that ensued, lasting from 1845 to 1852, marked a major crisis in Irish history that depleted the population due to death and emigration; around one million people died during this period, and closer to two million left the country. —

Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025 Now, owing to the combination of widespread emigration, a plummeting birth rate, and civilian and military casualties during three years of war, Ukraine’s population has declined to 35 million, the United Nations reported late last year. —

Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025 Advertisement The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside immigration, which has become an emotional and challenging issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration. —

Jill Lawless and Peter Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024 The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside mass migration, which has become a flash-point issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration. —

Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for emigration