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had been emigrating

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Large numbers of Montenegrins had been emigrating into Serbia attracted by the better livelihood to be obtained.

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith)

From the French portion of the island the whites had been emigrating since the first uprisings; a number had fled into the Spanish colony and these now also left.

From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Schoenrich, Otto