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Immigrants

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.

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noun

1
A non-native person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.
2
A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

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aliensnoun	a 1986 science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron.
arrivalsnoun	The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
emigrantsnoun	Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
emigratingverb	(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
entrantsnoun	A participant who enters something, such as a contest.
foreign-bornnoun	A person who was born outside outside of their country of residence or citizenship.
foreignersnoun	A person from a foreign country.
illegalsnoun	(colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
immigratingverb	(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
immigrationnoun	The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
migrantnoun	Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
migrantsnoun	Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
migrationnoun	An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
migrationsnoun	An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
newcomersnoun	One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
peoplenoun	(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
refugeesnoun	"Refugees" is the debut single by the Tears, released on 25 April 2005 on Independiente Records.
settlementnoun	A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
settlernoun	Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.
settlersnoun	a 2021 British science fiction thriller film written and directed by Wyatt Rockefeller.