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emigration

Noun B1 – Intermediate

The act of leaving one's own country to live permanently in another.

"Emigration from the region increased sharply during the economic crisis."

"Emigration" is leaving a country, while "immigration" is entering one, the two describe the same move from opposite viewpoints.

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