Meanings
plural remigrations
- countableuncountableMigration again to another place, or back to the place of emigration.
there was a Return of the Jews under Cyrus, which continued in Partial Remigrations for some time after.
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, →OCLC2 more examples
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.
2024 October 3, Ashifa Kassam, “How remigration became a buzzword for global far right”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025The rising remigration discourse needs to be understood in the context of the far right’s electoral march across Europe.
2026 February 26, David Broder, “Look to Italy to see how the dangerous idea of ‘remigration’ is taking root in Europe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2026
Origin
Translations
French remigration
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German Remigration, Rückwanderung
- RemigrationTranslations
- RückwanderungTranslations
Portuguese remigração
- remigraçãoTranslations
Swedish återvandring
- återvandringTranslations
Cite this entry
remigration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remigration
“remigration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remigration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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