ém ‧ i ‧ gré /ˈeməɡreɪ, ˈemɪɡreɪ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] formal
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: past participle of émigrer , from Latin emigrare ; ⇨ ↑ emigrate ]
someone who leaves their own country to live in another, usually for political reasons:
Russian émigrés living in Paris