to become depopulated

For our group, European aid should, as a priority, go to regions which are becoming depopulated, rather than those where a process of overpopulation has been in operation for some time.

Für unsere Fraktion müssen europäische Beihilfen vorrangig in dünnbesiedelte Regionen gehen und nicht in Regionen, die schon seit mehr oder weniger langer Zeit dichtbesiedelt sind.

It is a bitter irony that at the period when the Highlands were becoming so famous, they were suffering the worst depopulation in their history.

Es ist eine bittere Ironie, dass in der Zeit, wann die Highlands so berühmt immer waren, sie die schlimmste Entvölkerung in ihrer Geschichte litten.