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• 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast - index & images ($)

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• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Qatar , index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Qatar , index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Qatar, index & images ($)

Qatar 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 Qatar

• The number of people in Qatar fluctuates considerably depending on the season, since the country relies heavily on migrant labour.
• In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.6 million, with foreigners making up a vast majority of Qatar's population. Only 313,000 of the population (12%) were Qatari citizens, while the remaining 2.3 million (88%) were expatriates.
• The combined number of South Asians (from the countries of the Indian subcontinent including Sri Lanka) by themselves represent over 1.5 million people (60%) of Qatar's population. Among these, Indians are the largest community, numbering 650,000 in 2017, followed by 350,000 Nepalis, 280,000 Bangladeshis, 145,000 Sri Lankans, and 125,000 Pakistanis.
• The contingent of expatriates which are not of South Asian origin represent around 28% of Qatar's population, of which the largest group is 260,000 Filipinos and 200,000 Egyptians, plus many other nationalities (including nationals of other Arab countries, Europeans, etc.).

Emigration From Qatar

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 19,900. Top destination countries: the West Bank and Gaza, the United States, Canada, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait, Oman

Records of Qatar 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.

State of Palestine Emigration and Immigration United States Emigration and Immigration Canada Emigration and Immigration Libya Emigration and Immigration United Arab Emirates Emigration and Immigration

Australia Emigration and Immigration Egypt Emigration and Immigration Algeria Emigration and Immigration Kuwait Emigration and Immigration Oman Emigration and Immigration

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