out-migration
Americannoun
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out-migrations
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"We have aging farm labour and we also have the issue of not only rural-urban migration but also seeing out-migration from the country," Bhutan's Agriculture Minister Lyonpo Younten Phuntsho told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
While out-migration has slowed in the last couple of years, high earners and married people continue to leave in large numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Los Angeles County lost 54,000 residents from 2024 to 2025, driven by immigration restrictions and continued out-migration to other states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
This is because the introduction of income tax in the post-World War II era led to out-migration by wealthy Americans.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2024
Those who remained continued to work the land, but the out-migration of African Americans combined with other factors to make traditional agriculture less sustainable as the economic base of the region.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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