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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
immigration/ɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn/
▶noun the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
– derivatives
immigrate verb (chiefly N. Amer.).
– origin C17: from L. immigrare ‘immigrate’, from in- ‘into’ + migrare ‘migrate’.



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