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emigration is the act of leaving one’s place of
Let’s Discuss
residence or country to permanently live in
another. Both immigration and emigration Immigration is taken from the Latin
have the same meaning–moving into–but are word ‘immigrare’ that means ‘to go into’.
Emigration comes from the Latin word
opposed to each other in direction. ‘emigrare’, which means ‘to move’.
People emigrate because they want to move
away from their own country for better Why Do People Migrate?
employment opportunities, education or even to
flee confl ict or war. Th ough there are specifi c laws Th ere are many economic, social and
for immigration and emigration, the former is physical reasons for people to migrate. Th ey
very strictly controlled by the host nations, as they can usually be classifi ed into push and pull
are more concerned about their own citizens. factors.
A visual representation of global migration
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