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immigration

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immigration in WordNet English dictionary

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