Sentence examples for levels of emigration from inspiring English sources

We can't forget though, that although it seems surprising, these levels of emigration are by no means a new phenomenon.

From the latter half of the 19th century to the latter half of the 20th century, the population more than doubled, despite high levels of emigration.

In fact, today's levels of emigration pale beside those of a century ago, when 14% of Irish-born people and 10% of native Norwegians had emigrated.

Unemployment, which peaked at over 15% in 2012, fell to 13.3% in September, helped by high levels of emigration and increased jobs growth.

Persistently poor places, in turn, naturally experience high levels of emigration, says John Cromartie of the Department of Agriculture, as people leave in search of a better life.

The statisticians say that the recent rise in net migration is being driven by higher levels of immigration – which hit 641,000 in 2014 – coupled with stable levels of emigration, which remains at 323,000 a year.

Europe's problems are that it has greater cultural homogeneity and lacks recent experience of large-scale immigration.Were current barriers eased, the potential level of emigration could be immense.

In this context, Docquier et al. (2016) and Spilimbergo (2009) show that the level of emigration is related to political developments in the home country.

Migration outflows started to increase in 2007, and since 2010, outflows have amounted to more than 400 thousand per year (slightly below 1%% of the total domestic population), which is, both in absolute and relative terms, the highest level of emigration in Spanish history (Table 1).

That level of emigration leaves the island with a dwindling tax base and a smaller pool of workers, professionals, thinkers and consumers to address the island's economic problems.

Ciaran Hewitt, 22, is just one of the many Irish citizens who has traveled home to cast a ballot in the country's referendum on legalizing same sex marriage today — Ireland has a high level of emigration and no postal vote for those who have left.