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==Immigration into Solomon Islands== | ==Immigration into Solomon Islands== | ||
*Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, and declared the southern Solomon Islands a British protectorate. | |||
*The official name of the then-British administration was '''changed from the British Solomon Islands Protectorate''' to the Solomon Islands in 1975, and self-government was achieved the following year. Independence was obtained, and the name changed to just "Solomon Islands" (without the definite article), in 1978.<ref>"Solomon Islands", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands, accessed 9 August 221.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Solomon Islands== | ==Emigration From Solomon Islands== | ||
<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development | <ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development | ||
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