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emigration

[em-i-grey-shuhn] / ˌɛm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Around 30% of Portuguese aged between 15 and 39 - about 850,000 people - now live abroad, according to data from the country's Emigration Observatory.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Emigration, and a low birth rate, has contributed to a mounting demographic crisis: Italy's population of 59 million is shrinking.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023

Emigration from Britain has grown in recent years, much of it by E.U. citizens returning home.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

But by 1865, Congress had earmarked $200,000 for colonization efforts, Page said, referring to a document by James Mitchell, Lincoln’s Commissioner of Emigration.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2023

Emigration during the years 1886-7 to this county has been very extensive.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman




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