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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. | 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 Palau== | ==Immigration into Palau== | ||
*'''Spain''' was the first European nation to invade the islands in the 16th century, and they were made part of the '''Spanish East Indies in 1574'''. *Following Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War in 1898, the islands were '''sold to Germany in 1899''' under the terms of the German–Spanish Treaty, where they were '''administered as part of German New Guinea'''. | |||
*After World War I, the islands were made a '''part of the Japanese-ruled South Seas Mandate''' by the League of Nations. | |||
*After World War II, along with other Pacific Islands, Palau was made a part of the United States-governed '''Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands''' in 1947. | |||
*The islands gained full sovereignty in 1994. <ref>"Palau''', in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau, accessed 1 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Palau== | ==Emigration From Palau== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 5,600. Top destination countries: '''the United States, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Vietnam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, Brazil''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 5,600. Top destination countries: '''the United States, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Vietnam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, Brazil''' | ||