premigration
/priːmaɪˈɡreɪʃən/
noun
- The period or conditions that exist before a person or group moves from one place to another, especially to a new country.
- Many families sell their belongings during the premigration phase to raise money for the journey.
- Premigration stress can affect a person's mental health long after they have settled in a new place.
- The study examined the premigration experiences of refugees in their home countries.
adjective
- Relating to or occurring in the time before migration.
- Premigration language training helped the workers adjust more quickly.
- Researchers compared premigration and postmigration employment rates.
- The premigration period was filled with uncertainty and planning.