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==Immigration into Samoa== | ==Immigration into Samoa== | ||
*Because of the Samoans' seafaring skills, pre-20th-century European explorers referred to the entire island group (which includes American Samoa) as the "Navigator Islands.” | |||
*The country was occupied by the German Empire from 1899 to 1915, and by a joint British and New Zealand colonial administration until 1 January 1962, when it became independent.<ref>"Samoa", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa, accessed 8 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Samoa== | ==Emigration From Samoa== | ||
<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development | <ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development | ||