Immigration - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word immigration
Brit.  |ɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn|  British pronunciation of the word immigration

noun

- migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
- the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
the increased immigration strengthened the colony

Extra examples

He called for a common European policy on immigration.

Immigration fell in the 1980s.

The President wants stricter controls on immigration.

The law would cap legal immigration.

The partial ban on immigration has been lifted.

...a wave of immigration followed by a period of social fermentation...

The country's immigration policies have begun to liberalize.

...an obstreperous crowd protesting the government's immigration policy...

...the immigration bill has become a political powder keg for legislators on both sides of the aisle...

He called for much stricter curbs on immigration.

I want to get more acquainted with immigration laws.

Immigration officers served her with a deportation order.

I can't agree with the government's line on immigration.

UK immigration procedures will have to be changed to bring them into line with the latest European ruling.

Congress has loosened the restrictions on immigration.

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