Emigrate, Immigrate or Migrate? Emigration, Immigration And Migration

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Emigrate, Immigrate or Migrate? Emigration, Immigration And Migration

Hello and welcome to Fransy Fancy English! These words mean to leave your country but there are some differences. 

EMIGRATE FROM … TO (verb) 
EMIGRATION FROM  … TO (noun)
EMIGRANT (NOUN)

The letter "E" plays a key role here. What I mean is, emigrate starts with an "E" and this is what you have to remember. When a person exits their country to live in another, they emigrate. 
Emigrate = Exit your country
You emigrate from your country to another region/country/area.

"Many people emigrate (from Europe) to Australia."

EMIGRATION

Emigration is the act of moving abroad.

EMIGRANT

An emigrant is a person who leaves their country of residence.

IMMIGRATE TO … FROM (verb)
IMMIGRATION TO … FROM (noun)
IMMIGRANT (noun)

The key letter here is the letter "I". When you immigrate to another country, you move into it.
Immigrate = Move Into another land

"More than 1,000 Ukrainians immigrated (from Ukraine) to Israel."

IMMIGRATION 

Immigration is the process of going into a country.

"Do you think that immigration has an impact on society?"

IMMIGRANT

An immigrant is someone who enters a different country from the one they were born into to live there permanently.

"Thousands of illegal immigrants are caught every year."

MIGRATE FROM  … TO (verb)
MIGRATION FROM  … TO (noun)
MIGRANT (noun)

When there is a lot of movement from place to place, temporary or permanent you can use the verb migrate. Birds migrate in summer and winter, it's seasonal. When people migrate, they settle somewhere for a short or long time and it's a general term.

















"These animals migrate annually in search of food."
"People migrate to find work."


MIGRATION

Migration is when animals travel from one region to another or when large numbers of people go to live in another area or country, especially in order to find work.

"Swallows begin their migration south in autumn."

MIGRANT

A migrant is a person who moves to another country to find better living conditions.

"Big cities are full of migrants looking for work."










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