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The entrance into a country of foreigners for purposes of permanent residence. The correlative term emigration denotes the act of such persons in leaving their former country. Cross-referencesimmigration noun admission of foreigners, change of national location, colonization, entry of aliens, establishment of foreign residence, expatriation, forrign influx, incoming population, ingress, migration, movement of population, transmigration Associated concepts: issuance of visas See also: entrance, entry, inflow IMMIGRATION. The removing into one place from another. It differs from emigration, which is the moving from one place into another. Vide Emigration. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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According to the 157-page report, Qatar's population increased seven fold between 1970 and 2004 due to the arrival of foreign labour. The labour ministry has also been unpopular for attempting reforms to reduce Saudi businesses' reliance on cheap foreign labour. Malaysia has already embarked on aggressive foreign labour deportations. |
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