• cbarrick@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The opposite of “immigration” is “emigration”.

      • “migration” does not imply a direction.
      • “immigration” means migration in.
      • “emigration” means migration out.
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      11 months ago

      This is a specific case where former immigrants are leaving in supposedly significant numbers.