emigrate

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Medics and analysts say Nigeria has a very low doctor-patient ratio, worsened by a massive "brain drain" as health professionals emigrate after being enticed by better working conditions abroad.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Economic collapse and political repression led roughly 8 million Venezuelans to emigrate since 2014, making it one of the world’s largest displacement crises.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

The small Mediterranean country has faced waves of crisis and conflict that have driven people to emigrate, with millions of Lebanese or their descendants now living abroad.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

By 1939, Hungary’s crackdown against Jews—and Senesh’s emerging identity as a Zionist—led her to emigrate to the British Mandate for Palestine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

It wasn’t by choice, and he wasn’t alone: massive unemployment in Italy had pushed many Italians to emigrate.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day