Scattering of an ethnic group (8)
I believe the answer is:
diaspora
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">scattering of an ethnic group</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for diaspora that I've seen before include "The scattering of a nation's people" , "Scattering in exile" , "race round the world" , "Scattered group" , "Great dispersion of people, Jews or Irish" .)