noun [U]
1 the process of coming to live permanently in a country that is not your own; the number of people who do this:
laws restricting immigration into the US * a rise / fall in immigration * immigration officers
compareEMIGRATION
2 (also immigration control) the place at a port, an airport, etc. where the PASSPORTS and other documents of people coming into a country are checked:
to go through immigration
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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