To emigrate is to leave one country to settle in another. To immigrate is to come to a country to settle there. Both words can describe the same move. Which verb you choose depends on the point of view.
Describe the same move two ways
- Emigrate from. Ana emigrated from Portugal in 2018. The sentence focuses on the country she left.
- Immigrate to. Ana immigrated to Canada in 2018. The sentence focuses on the country where she settled.
Use the place name as a clue
Use from to introduce the country someone left and to to introduce the destination. You can name both places, as in Ana emigrated from Portugal to Canada. If the direction is already clear, moved may be the simplest word choice.
