migr-, migrat- +

The moving of a group of people together from one country or place to another destination with the purpose of making permanent residence.

Moving under the influence of electric current.

1. Someone who leaves a place, especially his or her native country, to go and to live in another country or place.
2. Anyone who leaves one country with the purpose of settling in another country.

1. To leave one country or region to settle in another one.
2. To leave a country permanently and to go to live in another one.
3. A description of a move relative to the point of departure from a country.

1. The process of leaving one's place of residence, or country, to live elsewhere.
2. The movement of inhabitants from one country, or state, to another, for the purpose of living in the new place.
3. In medicine, the passage of white blood cells through the endothelium and wall of small blood vessels.

1. An emigrant; especially, someone who flees from his, or her, native land because of political conditions.
2. Anyone who fled from France because of opposition to, or fear of, the revolution that began in 1789.

1. A newcomer to a country who has settled there.
2. Someone who leaves one country to settle permanently in another one.
3. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

1. To enter a new country for the purpose of settling there.
2. To bring people into country and to settle them as permanent residents there.
3. To move an individual or group into a new population or geographical region.
4. In botany and zoology; to become established in a new environment.

Immigrate describes the movement which is relative to a destination or going into a country.

1. Migration into a place; especially, migration to a country of which one is not a native in order to settle there.
2. The body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval.

1. A traveler who moves from one region or country to another.
2. Someone who is habitually moving from place to place; especially, in search of seasonal work.
3. A person who belongs to a normally migratory culture who may cross national boundaries, or who has fled his, or her, native country for economic reasons rather than a fear of political or ethnic persecution.
4. An animal, especially a bird, that moves from one region to another, often at the same times each year in order to breed or to avoid unsuitable weather conditions.
5. An itinerant worker who travels from one area to another in search of work.

Fate of some illegal migrants trying to get into the European Union

• The main institutions that are trying to protect migrants say that criminal gangs are profiting from the desire for a better life, and believe they have a reasonable picture of how the networks operate.
• Criminal involvement has enabled a surge of illicit immigration into the European Union, and the inbound routes are always shifting, as criminals assess the risks and rewards.
• So lucrative are the rackets that officials believe organized crime is largely to blame for the six-fold increase last year in illegal migration from African shores to the Canary Islands of Spain.
• The stakes are high, both for the migrants who sell everything they own, and for the smugglers who are ruthless in fleecing them
• The economics of clandestine migration are all in favor of the gangs.
• The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime has estimated that the transportation of migrants from Africa to Europe nets criminal gangs about 300 million euro a year (more than 405 million dollars).
• Once their passages have been paid, the migrants, hidden in safe houses until 100 or more are ready to depart, are vulnerable to extortion; smugglers commonly demand still more money for food, a better motor, or a satellite navigation system.
• According to some authorities, the traffickers, with the fees in their pockets, have little interest in the boat's reaching its destination.

1. To move from one region or country to another, often to seek work or for other economic opportunities.
2. To move from one habitat or environment to another in response to seasonal changes and variations in food supply.
3. To move from one part of an organism or substance to another; such as, cells moving during the growth of an embryo.
4. To change locations periodically; especially, by moving seasonally from one region to another.
5. To transfer a file from one computer system or database to another one.

The use of this word as a verb form is in common use by those in the computer business with the meaning of "to change" or "cause to change from using one system to another" or "to transfer programs or hardware from one system to another" and these meanings seem to have originated within the realm of computer programmers or certain users.

Differences in meanings between migrate, emigrate, and immigrate

Migrate, which may refer to people and animals, sometimes implies a lack of permanent settlement, especially as a result of seasonal or periodic movements.

Emigrate and immigrate are used only with reference to people and imply a permanent move, generally across a political boundary.

Emigrate describes the move relative to the point of departure.

By contrast, immigrate describes the move relative to the destination.

1. Movement of human populations from one area to another, usually resulting in cultural contact.
2. The act or process of moving from one region or country to another.
3. A group of birds, fish, or other animals that are moving together from one region or country to another for feeding or breeding purposes.
4. A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period).
5. In chemistry, the movement of ions under the influence of an electric field.
6. The movement of an atom, or a group of atoms or double bonds, from one part of a molecule to another.
7. A transfer of computer data, programs, or hardware from one system to another.
8. The movement of oil, gas, contaminants, water, or other liquids through porous and permeable rock.
9. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A condition or process of extraction, in which an aqueous or organic solvent selectively dissolves part of an adhesive film, and carries it to a different location as the solvent evaporates.

General biological migrations

Animal migration is a predictable, recurring group movement that is characteristic of the members of a given species, and which occurs regularly in response to seasonal changes in temperature, precipitation, food availability, etc.

The process usually involves a round-trip movement between two areas, to seek a more suitable breeding place, a greater food and water supply, or other more favorable environmental conditions.

1. Moving as part of a bird, fish, or other animal population from one region to another; usually, at the same times every year, in order to breed or to avoid unsuitable weather conditions.
2. Referring to people who are habitually moving from place to place; especially, in search of seasonal work or in order to achieve better living conditions.
3. Tending to wander from one region or country to another without settling down in one place for any length of time; roving; nomadic; wandering.

Results of special attractions: immigration quotes.

1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residing in it.
2. According to some religions, to pass into another body at or after death; to be born anew in another body after death.