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According to Oxford dictionary:

1) “Immigrate” is a verb that means “comes to live permanently in a foreign country”.

2) “Migrate” is a verb that means movement (i) of an animal from one habitat to another according to the seasons or (ii) of people to settle in a new area in order to find work.

3) “Emigrate” is a verb that means “leaves one’s own country in order to settle permanently in another”.

Therefore:

1) “Immigration” is a noun to describe the action of people moving into a country to live from a different country, e.g. Australia has strict laws for everyone on immigration into Australia.

2) “Migration” is a noun to describe the action people moving within a country to live, e.g. there seems to be many people from other cities in Australia who have migrated to Sydney for better global and regional job opportunities.

3) “Emigration” is a noun to describe the action of people to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one, e.g. thousands of Chinese emigrated from Hong Kong to Australia before the 1997 handover.

Note: Some people also consider that seasonal labour migration, e.g. expatriates (even if it is less than a year) as another form of immigration.

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