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*The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) recruited from Bakongo refugees in Zaire. Benefiting from particularly favourable political circumstances in Léopoldville, and especially from a common border with Zaire, '''Angolan political exiles''' were able to build up a power base among a large '''expatriate community''' from related families, clans, and traditions.[28] People on both sides of the border spoke mutually intelligible dialects and enjoyed shared ties to the historical Kingdom of Kongo. Though as foreigners skilled Angolans could not take advantage of Mobutu Sese Seko's state employment programme, some found work as middlemen for the absentee owners of various lucrative private ventures. The migrants eventually formed the FNLA with the intention of making a bid for political power upon their envisaged return to Angola. The country's became independent 11 November 1975. | *The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) recruited from Bakongo refugees in Zaire. Benefiting from particularly favourable political circumstances in Léopoldville, and especially from a common border with Zaire, '''Angolan political exiles''' were able to build up a power base among a large '''expatriate community''' from related families, clans, and traditions.[28] People on both sides of the border spoke mutually intelligible dialects and enjoyed shared ties to the historical Kingdom of Kongo. Though as foreigners skilled Angolans could not take advantage of Mobutu Sese Seko's state employment programme, some found work as middlemen for the absentee owners of various lucrative private ventures. The migrants eventually formed the FNLA with the intention of making a bid for political power upon their envisaged return to Angola. The country's became independent 11 November 1975. | ||
*It is estimated that Angola was host to 12,100 refugees and 2,900 asylum seekers by the end of 2007. 11,400 of those refugees were originally from the '''Democratic Republic of Congo''', who arrived in the 1970s. | *It is estimated that Angola was host to 12,100 refugees and 2,900 asylum seekers by the end of 2007. 11,400 of those refugees were originally from the '''Democratic Republic of Congo''', who arrived in the 1970s. | ||
As of 2008, there were an estimated 400,000 Democratic '''Republic of the Congo migrant workers''', at least '''220,000 Portuguese''', and about '''259,000 Chinese''' living in Angola. | *As of 2008, there were an estimated 400,000 Democratic '''Republic of the Congo migrant workers''', at least '''220,000 Portuguese''', and about '''259,000 Chinese''' living in Angola. | ||
*Since 2003, more than '''400,000 Congolese migrants have been expelled from Angola'''. | *Since 2003, more than '''400,000 Congolese migrants have been expelled from Angola'''. | ||
*Prior to independence in 1975, Angola '''had a community of approximately 350,000 Portuguese, but the vast majority left after independence''' and the ensuing civil war. However, Angola has recovered its Portuguese minority in recent years; currently, there are about 200,000 registered with the consulates, and increasing due to the debt crisis in Portugal and the relative prosperity in Angola. | *Prior to independence in 1975, Angola '''had a community of approximately 350,000 Portuguese, but the vast majority left after independence''' and the ensuing civil war. However, Angola has recovered its Portuguese minority in recent years; currently, there are about 200,000 registered with the consulates, and increasing due to the debt crisis in Portugal and the relative prosperity in Angola. | ||