remigration

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/ɹiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪʃən//ɹɛmɪ-/

noun

Migration again to another place, or back to the place of emigration.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounremigration (countable and uncountable, plural remigrations)

plural remigrations

  1. 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, →OCLC
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    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 2025

    The 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
  • remigrationTranslations
German Remigration, Rückwanderung
  • RemigrationTranslations
  • RückwanderungTranslations
Portuguese remigração
  • remigraçãoTranslations
Swedish återvandring
  • återvandringTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

remigration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remigration

MLA

“remigration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remigration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remigration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remigration.

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