By the end of the 19th century skilled workers and specialists flocked to Baku.
Migrant workers, many of them Hispanic and some in the United States illegally, flocked to the gulf after the storms to do cleanup work.
Nigerian migrant workers flocked to Southern Cameroons, ending forced labour but angering indigenous peoples.
Then the workers flocked into the new station.
As the industry grew, workers and their families flocked to Penmaenmawr from all over north-west Wales and beyond.
By the end of the 19th century, Baku became known as the "black gold capital", and many skilled workers and specialists flocked to the city.
Then oil was discovered, and black workers flocked to the community.
In Thailand, workers are flocking back to the rural areas to forage for food in the countryside.
But as they have regularly been doing with far less fanfare than Y2K activists, workers in the year 2000 project trenches also flocked to Internet yesterday.
In the 1970's and early 80's, workers, technicians and managers flocked to the Middle East to build industries, highways and cities.