[villagerjoel]

Am I confused, or does “Out-migration” currently exist in the English language as “emmigration?”

[Monterrosa-24]

“...Out-migration” currently exist in the English language as “emmigration?””.

You must be one of them William F. Buckley types showing off your education and your big words. Nowadays we have to dumb things down doncha know.

[lady lawyer]

You are right, except that emigration only has one “m”.

[Alberta's Child]

You may be right, but I've always understood the terms "immigration" and "emigration" to refer to the movement of persons from one country to another.

The terms "in-migration" and "out-migration" are used on a smaller scale (state and local levels) to describe the movement of people in and out of a region without crossing a national border. From a demographic standpoint, government officials try to distinguish between people who move from California to Korea and those who move from California to Texas.