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==Immigration into Marshall Islands== | ==Immigration into Marshall Islands== | ||
<ref>"Marshall Islands", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall Islands, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *'''Spain''' claimed the islands in 1592, and the European powers recognized its sovereignty over the islands in 1874. They had been part of the '''Spanish East Indies''' formally since 1528. | ||
*Later, '''Spain sold some of the islands to the German Empire in 1885''', and they became part of '''German New Guinea''' that year, run by the trading companies doing business in the islands. | |||
*In World War I, the '''Empire of Japan occupied the Marshall Islands'''. | |||
*In 1920, the League of Nations combined them with other former German territories to form the '''South Seas Mandate'''. | |||
*During World War II, the '''United States''' took control of the islands in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in 1944. | |||
*The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in May 1979 provided independence to the Marshall Islands.<ref>"Marshall Islands", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall Islands, accessed August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Marshall Islands== | ==Emigration From Marshall Islands== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 9,800. Top destination countries: '''the United States, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Australia, the Philippines, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands'''<ref>"Marshall Islands", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=15, accessed August 2021</ref> | ||
<ref>"Marshall Islands", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, ,accessed August 2021</ref> | |||
==Records of Marshall Islands Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Marshall Islands Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||
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the United States, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Australia, the Philippines, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands | |||
*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Guam Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Micronesia Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Northern Mariana Islands Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Palau Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Philippines Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Greece Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||