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==Guinea-Bissau Emigration and Immigration== | ==Guinea-Bissau Emigration and Immigration== | ||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | ||
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==Immigration into Guinea-Bissau== | ==Immigration into Guinea-Bissau== | ||
*Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of '''Kaabu''', as well as part of the '''Mali Empire'''. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the '''Portuguese Empire''' since the 16th century. | *Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of '''Kaabu''', as well as part of the '''Mali Empire'''. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the '''Portuguese Empire''' since the 16th century. | ||
*In the 19th century, it was | *In the 19th century, it was colonized as '''Portuguese Guinea'''. | ||
*Upon independence, declared in 1973 and | *Upon independence, declared in 1973 and recognized in 1974, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's name '''to prevent confusion with Guinea (formerly French Guinea).''' <ref>"Guinea-Bissau", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau, accessed August 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Guinea-Bissau== | ==Emigration From Guinea-Bissau== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 91,200. Top destination countries: '''Portugal, Senegal, The Gambia, Spain, Cabo Verde, Nigeria, France, Mauritania, Guinea, Brazil''' <ref>"Guinea-Bissau", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=9, accessed August 2021.</ref> | ||
<ref>"Guinea-Bissau", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, , accessed August 2021</ref> | |||
==Records of Guinea-Bissau Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Guinea-Bissau Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.</span> | |<span style="color:DarkViolet">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 [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | ||
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*[[ | *[[Portugal Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Senegal Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[The Gambia Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Spain Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Cabo Verde Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Nigeria Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[France Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Mauritania Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Guinea Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
[[Category:Guinea-Bissau]] | [[Category:Guinea-Bissau]] | ||
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