Immigrate

The verb immigrate (= migrate to a foreign country and change residency) is seldom used. Instead people tend to use immigrant and immigration (nouns): ‘When jobs became scarce, the number of new immigrants suddenly decreased.’ ‘Immigration has decreased in recent years.’

Emigrate = leave one’s own country for a new one: ‘His parents emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1933.’

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