Hi there I have a question for you. You know one of close friends, she is actually moving
from the US to Australia and she is moving permanently, alright for good. So I'm a little
confused here, is this emigration, immigration or migration? It’s very confusing, you know
all of these terms. Do you also sometimes have a question like that? You know what's
the difference if someone migrates, emigrates, and immigrates? Well if you do, then you have
come to the right place because today we are going to do a lesson on the difference between
these three words. Yes, your confusion is going to get cleared once and for all and
you are going to learn all of this, with me Sonia. So let's have a look and see what do
we have.
The very first word okay let's take this one by one and understand it correctly. The first
word here is migrate. Okay now what does it mean to migrate, alright. Migrate firstly,
very importantly is temporary, okay. It's not permanent, remember this. Okay, migration
is temporary, it's not permanent, that’s a big, big point over there and migration
has got to do with movement. Movement of people, movement of animals, of birds. It's something
which is very seasonal. Alright so let's look at some examples and understand this better.
The very first one here. It says certain birds migrate to the south in the winter. Well,
yes that’s true, this is a seasonal change, okay. It involves birds and animals too. So
what happens is, in certain parts of the world, during the winter, it becomes extremely cold,
alright. It's not suitable for birds or animals to actually live in that kind of a region.
So what do they do then? Just for that particular time, okay that particular season, they, move
to a warmer climate. Somewhere here it is much more feasible for them to live. Just
for that particular time and then they move back to their original place of habitat. Alright
so it is a seasonal movement, okay let's write that down. It’s a movement which is seasonal.
It's not permanent and it happens with birds and animals, alright.
Let’s look at the next example; many people migrate for work to different countries. Do
you have friends who migrate to work? I’m sure, I’m sure you do. I also have many
friends who've migrated to other countries, may be on a contract basis. You know possibly
just for six months and then they are going to move back to their actual countries where
they belong. So this is just for work, okay it's temporary. It could be on a contract
basis, alright. So may be like a six month or one year contract. They have moved to another
country for good, just for a short period of time, so that will be called to migrate.
Alright and I have the next example here, I have never migrated, that stands true for
me, I've never moved to another country, even for a short period. So I have never migrated
which means I have never moved to another country, okay. So let's understand this. Migrate
is temporary, okay it's not permanent. It can be seasonal and it involves the movement
of birds, animals. It could also involve people. Now another things for you to remember here,
is migrate is a verb. It’s an action word. Alright and that's why I've used in all of
the sentences, if you see migrate, these are all verbs. But what's the noun form? It's
migration. Alright migration is the noun form of migrate.
Let’s look at the next one here. It says to immigrate, okay. So what does it mean to
actually immigrate? Immigrate means to move in, alright and the next important thing you
need to remember is to immigrate is permanent. Yes, that's the major difference between migrate
and immigrate. Migrate is temporary for some time, where as to immigrate would be permanent,
for good. Okay, another thing to remember here is, immigration happens only with people.
Okay birds and animals do not immigrate, alright, remember this. So the noun form of immigrate
is immigration. Alright, immigration. Let's look at the very first example here, the immigrants
were very skillful. So who are immigrants? Immigrants are people who move permanently
from one country into another country. So remember when I was telling you about my friend,
okay she's moved from her country into another country. So say if she moves from America
to Australia, alright. For Australia, she would be considered an immigrant because she's
moved into Australia. Remember this alright, she's permanently moving, she's moved in,
so she's an immigrant, okay and the process is termed as immigration, which is the process
of moving into another country. So remember to immigrate is permanent, it's to do with
people. Next example here. When did you immigrate to this country? Alright so if you know, you
have people working with you or a student studying with you, who have immigrated into
your country for good, alright. So you could ask them, when did you immigrate to this country?
Which means when did you move into this country? Okay so immigrate is to permanently move and
finally, immigration rules are strict in some countries. Well yes they are because obviously
immigration is a major thing. It's not something which is temporary, it’s a permanent decision,
there are a lot of checks that happen, alright. So immigration rules are streict in certain
countries. Immigration is the noun form of immigrate; it's the process of permanently
moving into another country.
And then finally we have emigrate. Okay so what is emigrate now? Emigrate is also permanent,
okay. So let's write that down. It is permanent, it's do with people, no more birds and animals
and to emigrate means to move out, to exit out of a country. So remember, e for emigrate,
e for exit. Alright? So to emigrate is to permanenty move out of your country. It's
to do with people. The first example here, they are going to emigrate from America which
means they are going to permanently move out of America, alright for whatever reasons.
Studying, you know you get a job; you get married to someone from a different country,
whatever the reason could be. So emigrate is again the verb form, alright, the noun
form of emigrate is emigration. The next example, he emigrated from Australia
after he got promoted. Alright, so say if you know someone who was working in any country,
in this case, in Australia and he however got a promotion, but he had to move out of
his country permanently for good, if he wanted to take up that promotion. So what did he
do? He said yes and he emigrated, he moved out of permanently from Australia. Now notice
over here, emigrated is the past tense of emigrate. Alright, let me write that. Emigrated
is the past tense. And finally, the last example here says, emigration is a major decision
to take. Obviously that is so very true because when you move out of your country, the place
where you are born, the place where you've born and brought up permanently for good,
that's a huge decisions, it's a life changing decision. So it's definitely a major decision
to take. I’ve used the noun form here, the noun form of emigrate is emigration, alright
so let's quickly run through this one more time. Migrate is temporary, is to do with
birds, animals and people. It is the movement of birds, animals or people but on a temporary
basis. It could be you know for a seasonal reason, for work and things like that. Immigrate
is permanent, okay it's do with people, it’s basically moving into another country. The
noun form of immigrate is immigration. And who are immigrants? Immigrants are people
who move into another country. and emigrate, emigrate is also permanent, it's to do with
people and is basically moving out of your country for good, leaving your place of birth
for good, alright. The noun form of migrate is migration, immigrate is immigration and
emigrate is emigration.
So there you go, problem solved we now have a clear understanding of what these words
mean. I hope that you practice regularly and use these words correctly whenever you have
to. Alright, well I'll be back soon with something new, till then you take good care of yourself, bye