remigration

See also: Remigration

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ migration.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, /ɹɛmɪ-/

Noun

remigration (countable and uncountable, plural remigrations)

  1. Migration again to another place, or back to the place of emigration.
    • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
      there was a Return of the Jews under Cyrus, which continued in Partial Remigrations for some time after.
    • 2024 October 3, Ashifa Kassam, “How remigration became a buzzword for global far right”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 March 2025:
      While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration.
    • 2026 February 26, David Broder, “Look to Italy to see how the dangerous idea of ‘remigration’ is taking root in Europe”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 March 2026:
      The rising remigration discourse needs to be understood in the context of the far right’s electoral march across Europe.

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