Foreign labour

im·mi·grate (

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v. im·mi·grat·ed, im·mi·grat·ing, im·mi·grates

v.intr.

To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. See Usage Note at migrate.

v.tr.

To send or introduce as immigrants: Britain immigrated many colonists to the New World.

[Latin immigrre, immigrt-, to go into : in-, in; see in-² + migrre, to depart.]

immi·gration n.

immi·gration·al adj.

immigration [ˌɪmɪˈgreɪʃən]

1. the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there

2. the part of a port, airport, etc. where government employees examine the passports, visas, etc. of foreign nationals entering the country

immigrational adj

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Noun	1.	immigration - migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) in-migration aliyah - (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel; "students making aliyah" migration - the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
	2.	immigration - the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval; "the increased immigration strengthened the colony" body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"

Translations

immigration [ˌɪmɪˈgreɪʃən]

A. N → inmigración f

B. CPD immigration authorities NPL → agencia f de inmigración
immigration control N → control m de inmigración
immigration laws NPL → leyes fpl inmigratorias
immigration quota N → cuota f de inmigración

immigration [ˌɪmɪˈgreɪʃ^ən]

[people] → immigration f

(at airport) → immigration f
to go through immigration → passer à l'immigration, passer au contrôle de l'immigration
First you have to go through immigration → Il faut d'abord passer à l'immigration.

modif [policy] → en matière d'immigration; [controls] → en matière d'immigration immigration laws, immigration officer
immigration authorities npl → services mpl de l'immigration
immigration laws npl → lois fpl sur l'immigration
immigration officer n → agent mf des services de l'immigration

immigration

n → Einwanderung f, → Immigration f; (also immigration control: at airport etc) → Einwanderungsstelle f

immigration [ˌɪmɪˈgreɪʃ/ən] n → immigrazione f

immigration → هِجْرَة imigrace immigration Immigration μετανάστευση inmigración maahanmuutto immigration imigracija immigrazione 移住 이민 immigratie immigrasjon imigracja imigração иммиграция immigration การอพยพจากต่างประเทศ göçme sự nhập cư 移民

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agency air traffic section alien absconder aliyah brain gain bureau Chinese Exclusion Act citify Department of Homeland Security Ellis Island federal agency government agency Hardy-Weinberg law Homeland Security immigrant Immigration and Naturalization Service immigration authorities immigration laws in-migration	Summary: Foreign labour has been estimated at almost 80 percent in some Arab countries, Labour, Employment and Social Security Minister Tayeb Louh said Sunday here on the sidelines of the first Arab youth employment conference. Foreign labour at almost 80 percent in some Arab countries by UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA) The unit also said that immigration of foreign labour would continue at a high pace and GCC countries would face more pressure from opposing interest groups. Gulf population is to grow by a third by 7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Summary: Power industry workers are continuing wildcat strikes in a dispute over the hiring of foreign labour. Power workers continue strikes by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)	Forehook foreign foreign affairs foreign agent foreign aid foreign armed force foreign assistance Foreign attachment foreign bill foreign body foreign correspondent foreign country foreign currency foreign direct investment foreign disaster foreign disaster relief foreign draft foreign exchange foreign humanitarian assistance foreign instrumentation signals intelligence foreign intelligence Foreign Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court foreign internal defense Foreign labour foreign legion foreign military sales foreign military sales trainees foreign minister foreign mission foreign nation support foreign national foreign object damage foreign office foreign policy foreign secretary Foreign Service foreign terrorist organization foreign-born foreign-exchange rate foreigner Foreigners foreignism Foreignness Forein forejudge Forejudger Forejudgment foreknow Foreknowable	Foreign Investment Services Bureau Foreign investments Foreign investments Foreign Investments Negative List Foreign Investor Tax Credit Foreign investors Foreign investors Foreign investors Foreign investors Foreign investors Foreign Investors Association of Albania Foreign Investors Council in Estonia Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foreign Investors' Council in Latvia Foreign Inward Remittance Certificate Foreign Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Foreign Issues Tracking System Foreign Jobs Time Foreign Joint Services NCO foreign judgment Foreign judgment lien Foreign key Foreign key Foreign key Foreign key Foreign key constraint Foreign labor Foreign labor Foreign labor Foreign Labor Certification Unit Foreign labour Foreign Lady Foreign language Foreign Language Academy of Global Studies High School Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Foreign Language and Area Studies Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Foreign Language and International Economics Foreign Language and International Trade Foreign Language and Study Foreign Language Aptitude Test Foreign Language Assessment Directory Foreign Language Assistance Program Foreign Language Association for Managers in Education Foreign Language Association of Central California Foreign Language Association of Georgia Foreign Language Association of Greater Sacramento Foreign Language Association of Missouri Foreign Language Association of North Carolina Foreign Language Association of North Dakota Foreign Language Association of Northern California Foreign Language Association of the Red River Foreign Language Association of Virginia Foreign Language Center foreign language characters foreign language characters

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Summary: Foreign labour has been estimated at almost 80 percent in some Arab countries, Labour, Employment and Social Security Minister Tayeb Louh said Sunday here on the sidelines of the first Arab youth employment conference.

Foreign labour at almost 80 percent in some Arab countries by UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA)

The unit also said that immigration of foreign labour would continue at a high pace and GCC countries would face more pressure from opposing interest groups.

Gulf population is to grow by a third by 7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Summary: Power industry workers are continuing wildcat strikes in a dispute over the hiring of foreign labour.

Power workers continue strikes by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)