#immigration

• To flock — To flow, move, or pour in large quantities toward a single point. Originally used for liquid masses emptying into a body of water, it figuratively describes the massive, simultaneous, and convergent movement of crowds, goods, capital, or information toward a specific center.
• Influx — A sudden, massive, and simultaneous arrival or accumulation of people, goods, money, air, or biological fluids in a specific place or organ. Economically and demographically, it indicates an intense influx changing regional dynamics.
• Anti-immigration — Opposing immigration, or the entry and settlement of foreign citizens within a state; a policy, ideology, or doctrine aimed at restricting migratory flows and protecting the internal labor market or cultural identity. In a structural sense, it describes rigorous legislative measures, nationalist political rhetorics, or conservative social movements.
• Asylum seeker — A person who has requested or obtained the right of asylum in a foreign state to escape persecution, armed conflicts, or inhumane treatment in their country of origin; a citizen benefiting from international protection on the territory of another state.
• Female asylum seeker — A woman or girl who has requested or obtained the right of asylum in a foreign state to protect herself from political, ethnic, or religious persecution, or from armed conflicts in her country of origin; the feminine form of the noun azilant.