immigration

inmigración

Traslado a un país distinto del de nacimiento con la intención de vivir allí permanentemente.

En inglés sencillo: Moving to a country where you were not born, intending to live there permanently.

• Immigration has changed this city.
• The government announced new immigration rules.
• Her research focuses on immigration to Canada.

Cómo se usa: immigration to somewhere (Immigration to Australia increased during that period.); immigration from somewhere (The book examines immigration from Italy.)

Antónimos: emigration

Expresiones frecuentes: immigration policy, immigration laws, immigration to something

control de pasaportes, control migratorio

Comprobación de pasaportes y permisos de entrada cuando las personas llegan a la frontera de un país.

En inglés sencillo: Checks of passports and permission to enter a country when people arrive at its border.

• We waited at immigration.
• The immigration officer checked my passport.
• How long did it take to get through immigration?

Sinónimos: passport control

Expresiones frecuentes: go through immigration, immigration officer, immigration desk

inmigración

Llegada de personas o animales a un país o una zona para vivir allí.

En inglés sencillo: The movement of people or animals into a country or area to live there.

• Immigration increased the town’s population.
• Animal immigration can change the balance of a local ecosystem.
• The study measured immigration into the region over ten years.

Cómo se usa: immigration into/to somewhere (Immigration into the region increased after the railway opened.); immigration from somewhere (Immigration from nearby areas helped the town grow.)

Sinónimos: inward migration

Antónimos: emigration

Expresiones frecuentes: immigration into something, animal immigration, immigration from something