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The Irony Of ‘Remigration’: When Words Are Immigrants Too

A Linguistic And Political Critique Of Exclusionary Rhetoric - And What Britain Would Lose If It Erased Its Layered History.

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Apr 16, 2025
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‘Remigration’ - from the Latin word remigrāre, meaning ‘to return home’ - is now a rallying cry for those who forget that even words are immigrants.

And the noise around validating remigration as a course of action for anyone who doesn’t have a thousand-year history in the UK seems to be gaining some traction.

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