Emigrant Vs Immigrant

What is the difference between 'emigrant' and 'immigrant'..??

     A lot of youngsters in India today wish to leave the country and settle down elsewhere;

such individuals who want to leave their native land permanently are called 'emigrants'. The word comes from the Latin 'emigrate' meaning 'move away'. An emigrant is someone who moves away from or leaves his motherland. When the 'emigrant' settles down in the foreign country,he becomes an 'immigrant'. The word comes from the Latin 'immigrant' meaning 'to go into,move in'.

There is a good trick to remember the differences between “immigrate” and “emigrate.” The prefix e- (or ex-) usually means “out of” or “from.” The prefix im- (or in-) often means “in” or “into.” Therefore, emigrate means “to move out of” and immigrate means “to move into.”

Or to put it even more simply, you immigrate “into” places and you emigrate “from” places.

To summarize,

• Migration is an umbrella term that covers both “immigrate” and “emigrate.”
• “Immigrate” is to enter a foreign country to live.
• “Emigrate” is to leave a country in order to live in another.