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• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Burundi, index and images ($)
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Burundi Emigration and Immigration

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Immigration into Burundi

• Burundi was an independent kingdom, until the beginning of the 20th century, when Germany occupied and ruled the region.
• After the First World War and Germany's defeat, it ceded the territory to Belgium.
• Both Germans and Belgians ruled Burundi and Rwanda as a European colony known as Ruanda-Urundi.
• Burundi gained independence in 1962 and initially had a monarchy.

Emigration From Burundi

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 466,962. Top destination countries: Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Canada, Malawi, South Africa, Sweden, Belgium, Kenya, United Kingdom

Records of Burundi Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for major destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at Category:Emigration and Immigration Records.

Tanzania Emigration and Immigration Rwanda Emigration and Immigration Democratic Republic of the Congo Emigration and Immigration Uganda Emigration and Immigration Canada Emigration and Immigration Malawi Emigration and Immigration South Africa Emigration and Immigration Sweden Emigration and Immigration Belgium Emigration and Immigration Kenya Emigration and Immigration England Emigration and Immigration