(South Africa) The movement of a person or persons within the same country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
(South Africa) The movement of a person or persons within the same country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
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(US, urban studies) The migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities.
(South Africa, informal) the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia).
(slang, chiefly, derogatory) Illegal immigration.
(US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
(countable) An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community.