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== | ==Online Sources== | ||
== | *'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''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. | ||
===British Overseas Subjects=== | |||
*[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 ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=saudi%20arabia British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Saudi Arabia ], index & images ($) | |||
*[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 Saudi Arabia== | ||
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==Emigration From Saudi Arabia== | ==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. | *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 | *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. | *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"/> | *Over 500,000 undocumented migrant workers — mostly from '''Somalia, Ethiopia, and Yemen''' — have been detained and deported since 2013.<ref name="for"/> | ||
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*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'''. | *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> | *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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|<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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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Saudi Arabia]] [[Category: Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Saudi Arabia]] [[Category: Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
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