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Rwanda 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 Rwanda

The Kingdom of Rwanda dominated from the mid-eighteenth century. Germany colonizd Rwanda in 1884 as part of German East Africa, followed by Belgium, which invaded in 1916 during World War I.

Emigration From Rwanda

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 345,800. Top destination countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, France, Zambia, Malawi, Canada, Belgium

Records of Rwanda 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.

Democratic Republic of the Congo Emigration and Immigration Uganda Emigration and Immigration Burundi Emigration and Immigration Tanzania Emigration and Immigration Republic of the Congo Emigration and Immigration

France Emigration and Immigration Zambia Emigration and Immigration Malawi Emigration and Immigration Canada Emigration and Immigration Belgium Emigration and Immigration

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