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In the year to June 2024, 1,235,254 people were estimated to have immigrated to the UK while 496,536 were likely to have emigrated.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Beginning in the 17th century, folks have immigrated to America for the promise of a better life, or for what they hope is a better quality of life.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2023

Palestinians are among the last indigenous Christians who remain in the Holy Land, but many have immigrated to the U.S.,

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2022

It’s the identities of people who have immigrated to this country.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

These were mainly women and children, for the men were nearly all dead, and of the few male adults in the population the majority have immigrated to the country since the war.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various