What is emigration?

Q: What is emigration?



A: Emigration is leaving one's country or area to go live in another.

Q: What is immigration?



A: Immigration is coming into another country after leaving one's own country or area.

Q: What is the difference between emigration and immigration?



A: The difference between emigration and immigration is the perspective (or point of view) of which country a person is leaving and which country they are going to.

Q: Why do people emigrate?



A: The urge to migrate is a part of human nature.

Q: Is emigration a recent phenomenon?



A: No, people migrated well before we had written history.

Q: What do you call the people who have left a place?



A: The people who have left a place are called its diaspora.

Q: What do you call people who move around all the time?



A: People who move around all the time are called nomads.

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