Both he and his wife, Helen, were children of Italians who came to America in the great migration wave of the early twentieth century.

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This is the second migration wave sparked by the Arab Spring.

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The wave of migration from eastern Europe has been good for the economy.

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That could mean, in a few years' time, another wave of migration to the cities or across the border (see article).

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Theresa May told The Sunday Times she was concerned about the impact on the British economy of a fresh wave of migration.

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Mr Searle is now set to experience a third wave of migration and he has fresh concerns over the lack of amenities for workers.

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The next big wave of migration will come from Africa.

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Chongqing also hopes to turn a wave of migration into a labor pool for the low-wage manufacturing industries it is trying to lure to move from China's coastal areas.

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The January 2010 earthquake that devastated the capital, Port au Prince, and surrounding communities did not result in an immediate wave of mass migration to the United States, as some had feared.

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Questioned about Europe, Mr Cameron confirmed comments by the home secretary in the Sunday Times that a government review was looking at introducing possible controls to limit a new wave of economic migration.

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At the same time, a huge wave of forced migration went in the other direction: Muslims from the city and its environs were being shipped away to Turkey, under a Greek-Turkish (or more precisely Christian-Muslim) exchange which made both countries ethnically much more homogeneous.

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