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illegal immigration

migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country
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illegal immigration

Summary

illegal immigration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (897 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • illegal immigration is a type of illegal migration[2].
  • illegal immigration is a type of immigration[3].
  • illegal immigration is the opposite of illegal emigration[4].
  • illegal immigration's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Illegal immigration[5].
  • illegal immigration's different from is recorded as illegal migration[6].
  • illegal immigration's practiced by is recorded as undocumented immigrant[7].
  • illegal immigration's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include illegal migration[2] and immigration[3]. illegal immigration is the opposite of illegal emigration[4].

Why It Matters

illegal immigration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (897 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_illegal-immigration_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{illegal immigration}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/illegal-immigration}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 불법체류자
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    Subclass of → illegal migration, immigration
    Euronews topic id → illegal-immigration
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14541, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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