immigrationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɪm.ɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪm.əˈɡreɪ.ʃən/B2 the act of someone coming to live in a different country:
There are strict limits on immigration (into the country).
B1 the process of examining your passport and other documents to make certain that you can be allowed to enter the country, or the place where this is done:
After you've been through immigration (control), you can go and get your luggage.
immigration policy
immigration officers
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- The prime minister denied that the new visa requirements were part of a hidden agenda to reduce immigration.
- The prime minister has adopted an inflexible position on immigration.
- What is your party's policy on immigration?
- A new immigration law means the US will be dusting off the welcome mat for famous people who want to live in the country.
- She took her case to an immigration appeals tribunal.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing homes & moving
- asylum seeker
- diaspora
- diaspora
- economic migrant
- emigrate
- migrant
- move on
- move out
- mover
- moving
- pull up stakes idiom
- remover
- resettle
- residence
- settle
- shelter
- stake
- stick
- transfer
- up sticks idiom
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