Question

Example of emigration and immigration?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Emigration is to leave one's country to live in another (think: exit). Immigrate is to come into another country to live (think: enter). The main difference between the two is perspective.

For example, if someone who lived in Norway moved to France, they would have emigrated from Norway and immigrated to France.

In history, here is an example of emigration:

• During the potato famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1849, roughly 1.5 million adults and children emigrated from Ireland to find a better life elsewhere, the main country of refuge being the United States.

And here is an example of immigration:

• From about 1880 to the mid-1920s, the United States experienced an immigration boom called the Great Wave, where an average of 600,000 people immigrated to America each year.