emigration

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Demographers say Cuba is undergoing one of the world’s fastest population declines — a 25% drop in just four years — as birth rates fall and emigration soars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

As Sandford recounted, the Founders understood that their new nation was, in James Madison’s words, “indebted to emigration for her settlement and prosperity.”

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

But for Varvara, the uncertainty of emigration outweighed the risks of staying.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Social media is feeding into the emigration economy, with dozens of influencers demystifying the process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

He had resisted all ideas of mass emigration and enforced complete isolation on the warren, thereby almost certainly saving it from extinction.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams