Which verbs go with "immigration"?

[Eugens]

Hello,

Could someone tell me whether this sentence is correct?:

"The country had strong Italian immigration."

Or is it better to say "the country received strong Italian immigration"? Or "it received strong immigration from Italy"?

Could someone suggest me some better ways of saying it, please? My sentences don't sound good...
Thank you.

 

[fenixpollo]

Here are a couple of suggestions:
The country experienced a high volume of immigration from Italy.
The country received a large number of Italian immigrants.

A better way of saying it would be to make the subject the immigrants.
A large number of Italian immigrants entered/emigrated to the country.

Hope this helps. Saludos.

 

[elroy]

Here are a couple of suggestions:
The country experienced a high volume of immigration from Italy.
The country received a large number of Italian immigrants.

A better way of saying it would be to make the subject the immigrants.
A large number of Italian immigrants entered/emigrated to the country.

Hope this helps. Saludos.

Those were my thoughts exactly! The two verbs that came to mind were indeed "experienced" and "received," and I thought of the advisability of "immigrants" as the subject of the sentence. For some reason, though, I hesitated to post my thoughts, worrying they might be met with disapproval. Thanks for the confirmation!

That said, an alternative to "a high volume" or "a large number" could be "a wave (of immigrants)," but that might imply that they all came at once. It all depends on what Eugens was trying to say.

 

[Eugens]

Thank you very much.