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==Etymology==
[[Latin]] emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from e- + migrare to [[migrate]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1766]
==Definition==
*to leave one's place of [[residence]] or country to live elsewhere <emigrated from Canada to the United States>
==Description==
'''Emigration''' is the [[act]] of leaving one's [[native]] country or region to settle in another. It is the same as immigration but from the [[perspective]] of the country of [[origin]]. [[Human]] [[Migration|movement]] before the [[establishment]] of [[political]] boundaries or within one [[state]], is termed [[migration]]. There are many reasons why people might choose to emigrate. Some are for reasons of [[religious]], [[political]] or [[economic]] [[freedom]] or [[escape]]. Others have [[personal]] reasons such as [[marriage]]. Some people living in rich nations with cold [[climates]] choose to move to warmer climates when they retire.
Many [[political]] or [[economic]] emigrants move [[together]] with their [[families]] toward new regions or new countries where they [[hope]] to find [[peace]] or job [[opportunities]] not available to them in their [[original]] location. Throughout [[history]] a large number of emigrants return to their homelands, often after they have earned sufficient [[money]] in the other country. Sometimes these emigrants move to countries with big [[cultural]] [[differences]] and will always feel as guests in their destinations, and [[preserve]] their [[original]] [[culture]], [[traditions]] and [[language]], sometimes [[transmitting]] them to their [[children]]. The [[conflict]] between the [[native]] and the newer [[culture]] may easily create social [[contrasts]], generally resulting in an uncomfortable situation for the "foreigners", who have to [[understand]] legal and [[social]] [[systems]] sometimes new and strange to them. Often, [[communities]] of emigrants grow up in the destination areas.
Emigration had a [[profound]] influence on the world in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, when millions of [[poor]] [[families]] left Europe for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, the rest of Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.
Even though definitions may be vague and vary somewhat, emigration/immigration should not be [[confused]] with the [[phenomenon]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_migration involuntary migration], such as instances of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer population transfer] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing ethnic cleansing].
[[Category: Geography]]
==Etymology==
[[Latin]] emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from e- + migrare to [[migrate]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1766]
==Definition==
*to leave one's place of [[residence]] or country to live elsewhere <emigrated from Canada to the United States>
==Description==
'''Emigration''' is the [[act]] of leaving one's [[native]] country or region to settle in another. It is the same as immigration but from the [[perspective]] of the country of [[origin]]. [[Human]] [[Migration|movement]] before the [[establishment]] of [[political]] boundaries or within one [[state]], is termed [[migration]]. There are many reasons why people might choose to emigrate. Some are for reasons of [[religious]], [[political]] or [[economic]] [[freedom]] or [[escape]]. Others have [[personal]] reasons such as [[marriage]]. Some people living in rich nations with cold [[climates]] choose to move to warmer climates when they retire.
Many [[political]] or [[economic]] emigrants move [[together]] with their [[families]] toward new regions or new countries where they [[hope]] to find [[peace]] or job [[opportunities]] not available to them in their [[original]] location. Throughout [[history]] a large number of emigrants return to their homelands, often after they have earned sufficient [[money]] in the other country. Sometimes these emigrants move to countries with big [[cultural]] [[differences]] and will always feel as guests in their destinations, and [[preserve]] their [[original]] [[culture]], [[traditions]] and [[language]], sometimes [[transmitting]] them to their [[children]]. The [[conflict]] between the [[native]] and the newer [[culture]] may easily create social [[contrasts]], generally resulting in an uncomfortable situation for the "foreigners", who have to [[understand]] legal and [[social]] [[systems]] sometimes new and strange to them. Often, [[communities]] of emigrants grow up in the destination areas.
Emigration had a [[profound]] influence on the world in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, when millions of [[poor]] [[families]] left Europe for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, the rest of Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.
Even though definitions may be vague and vary somewhat, emigration/immigration should not be [[confused]] with the [[phenomenon]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_migration involuntary migration], such as instances of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer population transfer] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing ethnic cleansing].
[[Category: Geography]]