emigrated
v.v. to leave your own country to live permanently in a different one. It focuses on the place you are leaving behind.
v. the past tense and past participle of 'emigrate'; refers to the act of leaving one's native country to settle permanently in another. Intransitive — typically followed by a prepositional phrase indicating the origin.
My grandparents emigrated from Italy in the 1950s.
Many young professionals emigrated from the region during the economic crisis to find better opportunities abroad.
After the war ended, thousands of families emigrated from their ancestral homelands, seeking stability and a fresh start in the rapidly developing cities of the West.
Intransitive verb — usually takes the preposition 'from' to indicate the country of origin.
He emigrated to the United StatesHe immigrated to the United StatesUse 'emigrate' when focusing on leaving a country (from) and 'immigrate' when focusing on entering a new one (to).