emigrations
Leaving one's homeland
Emigrations is the plural of emigration, which refers to the act of leaving one's country to settle permanently in another.
Unlike immigration, which focuses on arrival, emigration emphasizes departure from the homeland.
The word often appears in historical contexts discussing population movements: Mass emigrations from Ireland occurred during the potato famine.
A country experiencing significant emigrations may face economic challenges from losing its workforce or educated citizens.
Banished persons
- defectionsActs of abandoning allegiance
- asylumShelter from persecution
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
escapes · Iron Curtain · boat people · banishments · expulsions · persecutions · purges · deportations
Departure expressions
- goodbyesExpressions said when parting
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
separation · loss · grief · uprooting · belonging · identity · alienation · adaptation
Foreign territorial takeover
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- pilgrimagesReligious destination travels
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
Irish famine · Gold Rush · plantations · indentured · Windrush · partition · Trail of Tears · Middle Passage
Payments sent abroad
- guest workersTemporary foreign employees
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
- povertySevere lack of resources
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
wages · employment · livelihood · breadwinners · recruitment · workforce · economic refugees · job seekers
Acts of going away
- exodusesMass departures from places
- relocationsChanges of residence
- resettlementsOrganized population relocations
- outflowsStreams moving away
displacements · transplantations · removals · expatriations · leavings · withdrawals · population shifts · brain drains
exiles
Banished persons
- defectionsActs of abandoning allegiance
- asylumShelter from persecution
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
dissidents · escapes · Iron Curtain · boat people · banishments · expulsions · persecutions · purges · deportations · sanctuary
farewells
Departure expressions
- goodbyesExpressions said when parting
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
longing · separation · loss · grief · uprooting · belonging · identity · alienation · adaptation · assimilation
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- pilgrimagesReligious destination travels
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
Ellis Island · Irish famine · Gold Rush · plantations · indentured · Windrush · partition · Trail of Tears · Middle Passage · steerage
remittances
Payments sent abroad
- guest workersTemporary foreign employees
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
- povertySevere lack of resources
unemployment · wages · employment · livelihood · breadwinners · recruitment · workforce · economic refugees · job seekers · prosperity
departures
Acts of going away
- exodusesMass departures from places
- relocationsChanges of residence
- resettlementsOrganized population relocations
outflows · displacements · transplantations · removals · expatriations · leavings · withdrawals · population shifts · brain drains · flights
emigrationsimmigrations
Entries into new homelands
immigration · arrivals · influxes · repatriations · returns
emigrationssettlements
Established communities or agreements
staying · remaining · rootedness · sedentariness · permanence