immigration

immigration

Fait de s’installer durablement dans un pays autre que celui où l’on est né.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : immigration to somewhere (Immigration to Australia increased during that period.); immigration from somewhere (The book examines immigration from Italy.)

Contraires : emigration

Expressions courantes : immigration policy, immigration laws, immigration to something

contrôle des passeports

Vérification des passeports et du droit d’entrée à l’arrivée dans un pays.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : passport control

Expressions courantes : go through immigration, immigration officer, immigration desk

immigration

Déplacement de personnes ou d’animaux vers un pays ou une région pour y vivre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : immigration into/to somewhere (Immigration into the region increased after the railway opened.); immigration from somewhere (Immigration from nearby areas helped the town grow.)

Synonymes : inward migration

Contraires : emigration

Expressions courantes : immigration into something, animal immigration, immigration from something