noun
1. migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑in-migration
• Derivationally related forms: ↑immigrate
• Hypernyms: ↑migration
• Hyponyms: ↑aliyah
2. the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
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the increased immigration strengthened the colony
• Derivationally related forms: ↑immigrate
• Hypernyms: ↑body
Useful english dictionary. 2012.