Collocations for the word migrants when used in the House of Representatives during the 1970s
| Collocation | Frequency |
|---|---|
| many migrants | 95 |
| british migrants | 68 |
| migrants coming | 52 |
| assisted migrants | 39 |
| adult migrants | 36 |
| illegal migrants | 35 |
| prospective migrants | 35 |
| arrived migrants | 29 |
| speaking migrants | 27 |
| migrants come | 26 |
| migrants would | 26 |
| million migrants | 24 |
| among migrants | 21 |
| skilled migrants | 19 |
| migrants already | 18 |
| attract migrants | 16 |
| earners migrants | 16 |
| migrants aborigines | 16 |
| pensioners migrants | 16 |
| amongst migrants | 15 |
| individual migrants | 15 |
| new migrants | 15 |
| potential migrants | 15 |
| unassisted migrants | 15 |
| assist migrants | 14 |
| intending migrants | 14 |
| migrants particularly | 14 |
| yugoslav migrants | 14 |
| migrants arriving | 12 |
| australia migrants | 11 |
| child migrants | 11 |
| elderly migrants | 11 |
| english migrants | 11 |
| greek migrants | 11 |
| 000 migrants | 10 |
| aborigines migrants | 10 |
| european migrants | 10 |
| lebanese migrants | 10 |
| migrants arrived | 10 |
| migrants since | 10 |
| bringing migrants | 9 |
| former migrants | 9 |
| maltese migrants | 9 |
| migrants must | 9 |
| migrants returning | 9 |
| migrants whose | 9 |
| passage migrants | 9 |
| young migrants | 9 |
| assisting migrants | 8 |
| fewer migrants | 8 |
| italian migrants | 8 |
| migrants aboriginal | 8 |
| migrants also | 8 |
| migrants came | 8 |
| migrants generally | 8 |
| migrants let | 8 |
| migrants make | 8 |
| migrants many | 8 |
| migrants may | 8 |
| migrants travelling | 8 |
| suitable migrants | 8 |
| attracting migrants | 7 |
| bring migrants | 7 |
| help migrants | 7 |
| migrants entering | 7 |
| migrants especially | 7 |
| migrants live | 7 |
| need migrants | 7 |
| non-british migrants | 7 |
| prohibited migrants | 7 |
| returning migrants | 7 |
| turkish migrants | 7 |
| 140,000 migrants | 6 |
| affecting migrants | 6 |
| children migrants | 6 |
| first migrants | 6 |
| including migrants | 6 |
| independent migrants | 6 |
| migrants brought | 6 |
| migrants certainly | 6 |
| migrants could | 6 |
| migrants face | 6 |
| migrants however | 6 |
| migrants need | 6 |
| migrants returned | 6 |
| migrants students | 6 |
| migrants within | 6 |
| older migrants | 6 |
| women migrants | 6 |
| 10,000 migrants | 5 |
| aged migrants | 5 |
| born migrants | 5 |
| migrants australia | 5 |
| migrants become | 5 |
| migrants including | 5 |
| migrants know | 5 |
| migrants living | 5 |
| migrants overseas | 5 |
| migrants refugees | 5 |
| migrants resident | 5 |