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==Online Sources==  
==How to Find the Records==
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
===Online Sources===  
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.  
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose your country under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
===British Overseas Subjects===
*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/search/simple Immigrant Ancestors Project]
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=saudi%20arabia British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Saudi Arabia ], index & images ($)
 
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=saudi%20arabia British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Saudi Arabia ], index & images ($)
===Offices and Archives to Contact===
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
 


==Finding the Town of Origin in Saudi Arabia==
==Finding the Town of Origin in COUNTRY==
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Saudi Arabia, see [[Saudi Arabia Finding Town of Origin|'''Saudi Arabia Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in COUNTRY, see [[COUNTRY Finding Town of Origin|'''COUNTRY Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
==Saudi Arabia Emigration and Immigration==
==COUNTRY 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>
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.
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==Immigration into Saudi Arabia==
==Immigration into COUNTRY==
*Saudi Arabia's Central Department of Statistics & Information estimated the foreign population at the end of 2014 at 33% (10.1 million). The CIA Factbook estimated that as of 2013 foreign nationals living in Saudi Arabia made up about 21% of the population. Other sources report differing estimates.
==Emigration From COUNTRY==
**Indian: 1.5 million
**Pakistani: 1.3 million
**Egyptian: 900,000
**Yemeni: 800,000
**Bangladeshi: 400,000
**Filipino: 500,000
**Jordanian/Palestinian: 260,000
**Indonesian: 250,000
**Sri Lankan: 350,000
**Sudanese: 250,000
**Syrian: 100,000
**Turkish: 80,000
*There are around 100,000 Westerners in Saudi Arabia, most of whom live in compounds or gated communities.<ref name="for">"Saudi Arabia: Foreigners", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia#Foreigners, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref>
 
==Emigration From Saudi Arabia==
*As the Saudi population grows and oil export revenues stagnate, pressure for "Saudization" (the replacement of foreign workers with Saudis) has grown, and the Saudi government hopes to decrease the number of foreign nationals in the country.
*Saudi Arabia '''expelled 800,000 Yemenis''' in 1990 and 1991 and has built a Saudi–Yemen barrier.
*In November 2013, Saudi Arabia '''expelled thousands of illegal Ethiopian''' residents from the Kingdom.
*Over 500,000 undocumented migrant workers — mostly from '''Somalia, Ethiopia, and Yemen''' — have been detained and deported since 2013.<ref name="for"/>
===Saudi Americans===
*According to the census of 2000, 7,419 people of Saudi origin were living in the United States. In 2015, according to the American Community Survey, 96,783 Saudi-born people were living in United States.
*The first Saudis who settled in the United States were '''personal ambassadors of the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Washington, D.C.''', in the mid-1940s.
*After World War II, many '''Saudi students''' began to emigrate to the United States to study in its universities. However, in the 60's, when the universities of Saudi Arabia began to work, the number of Saudi students abroad started to drop.
*In the 1990 census, Saudi Arabians reported living in 44 of the 50 of United States. The greatest number, 517, resided in '''California'''. There were five additional states that reported over 200 Saudi Arabians: '''Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia'''.
*There are a variety of reasons why so few Saudi Arabians chose to permanently live to the United States. Among these were the '''wealth of Saudi Arabia, the religious faith and pride of Saudis''' who found it difficult to maintain an Islamic lifestyle in the United States, and a '''lack of factors motivating citizens to leave Saudi Arabia.'''
*'''Political dissent and dissatisfaction with the restrictions of living in an orthodox Muslim society''' were among the factors that encouraged migration.<ref>"Saudi Americans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Americans, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref>
===Saudi Australians===
*There are thousands of Saudis living in Australia; they can be found in all major urban centres including '''Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane;;; and make up a substantial representation in the Arab Australian community.
*A significant number of Saudis are '''international students'''; each year, hundreds of Saudi students choose to study in Australian universities under the King Abdullah Scholarship Program. In 2010, their number was estimated at 10,000.
*Some Saudi Australians came from Saudi Arabia as '''refugees'''; their families or the authorities wanted to persecute or murder them. The exact number of refugees emerging from Saudi Arabia are unknown. What is known is that the '''majority of those fleeing Saudi Arabia are women'''.
*The number of Saudi Arabians who currently reside in Australia is estimated at 14,214: 10,519 by birth and 3,696 by ancestry. Despite Australia’s immigration law changes that took place in the 1970s, Saudi Arabian immigration to Australia did not see a spike until the early 21st Century. According data from the Australian census, 70% of Saudi Arabian immigration to Australia took place between 2006 and 2015. Of these migrants, a majority of them stay for a temporary period of time, usually for '''study or work purposes''', and return to Saudi Arabia with a '''qualification or work experience'''. <ref>"Saudi Australians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Australians, accessed 9 july 2021.</ref>
===Saudi Canadians===
*According to the 2011 Census there were 7,955 Canadians who claimed Saudi ancestry.
*Until August 2018, there were over 16,000 Saudi students on government scholarships in Canada. There were more than 15,000 Saudi students in Canada in 2007, including 800 resident physicians and specialists who provided care to the Canadian population. In 2015, Saudi Arabian students represented 3% of total foreign students in Canada. Official figures provided by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in Canada (SACB) indicated that in 2014 there were 16,000 Saudi scholarship students in Canada and 1,000 medical trainees.<ref>"Saudi Canadians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Canadians, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref>
 
==Records of      Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
==Records of      Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Sources[edit | edit source]

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

Finding the Town of Origin in COUNTRY[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in COUNTRY, see COUNTRY Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

COUNTRY Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
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 COUNTRY[edit | edit source]

Emigration From COUNTRY[edit | edit source]

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png 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.

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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References[edit | edit source]

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