The relationship between diasporas and their homelands often encompasses a broad palette of sentiments, including distrust, resentment, envy, and enmity. Colloquially, people describe a bout of emigration as a period in which a country “lost” a certain proportion of its population.
侨民和祖国的关系常常包含了各种情绪，包括不信任、怨恨、嫉妒和敌意。从语言上说，人们将移民潮称为一国“失去”一定比例人口的时期。