immigration

移民、移住

生まれた国とは別の国に、永住するつもりで移り住むこと。

やさしい英語で： Moving to a country where you were not born, intending to live there permanently.

• Immigration has changed this city.
• The government announced new immigration rules.
• Her research focuses on immigration to Canada.

使い方： immigration to somewhere (Immigration to Australia increased during that period.); immigration from somewhere (The book examines immigration from Italy.)

反対語： emigration

よく使う表現： immigration policy, immigration laws, immigration to something

入国審査

国に入る際に、パスポートや入国の許可を確認する手続き。

やさしい英語で： Checks of passports and permission to enter a country when people arrive at its border.

• We waited at immigration.
• The immigration officer checked my passport.
• How long did it take to get through immigration?

類義語： passport control

よく使う表現： go through immigration, immigration officer, immigration desk

移住、移入

人や動物が、住むためにある国や地域へ移ってくること。

やさしい英語で： The movement of people or animals into a country or area to live there.

• Immigration increased the town’s population.
• Animal immigration can change the balance of a local ecosystem.
• The study measured immigration into the region over ten years.

使い方： immigration into/to somewhere (Immigration into the region increased after the railway opened.); immigration from somewhere (Immigration from nearby areas helped the town grow.)

類義語： inward migration

反対語： emigration

よく使う表現： immigration into something, animal immigration, immigration from something