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==Emigration From Ethiopia== | ==Emigration From Ethiopia== | ||
===Ethiopian Americans=== | ===Ethiopian Americans=== | ||
See the Wiki article: [[United States Emigration and Immigration]] for a thorough listing of U.S. immigration records which include Ethiopians. | |||
*Overall, approximately 20,000 Ethiopians moved to the West to '''achieve higher education and conduct diplomatic missions''' from 1941 to 1974. However, the net movement of permanent immigrants remained low during this period as most temporary immigrants ultimately returned to Ethiopia with a Western education to near assured political success, while the relative stability of the country determined that few Ethiopians would be granted asylum in the United States. | *Overall, approximately 20,000 Ethiopians moved to the West to '''achieve higher education and conduct diplomatic missions''' from 1941 to 1974. However, the net movement of permanent immigrants remained low during this period as most temporary immigrants ultimately returned to Ethiopia with a Western education to near assured political success, while the relative stability of the country determined that few Ethiopians would be granted asylum in the United States. | ||
*The passing of the 1965 Immigration Act, the Refugee Act of 1980, as well as the Diversity Visa Program of the Immigration Act of 1990, contributed to an increased emigration from Ethiopia to the United States, prompted by political unrest during the '''Ethiopian Civil War'''. | *The passing of the 1965 Immigration Act, the Refugee Act of 1980, as well as the Diversity Visa Program of the Immigration Act of 1990, contributed to an increased emigration from Ethiopia to the United States, prompted by political unrest during the '''Ethiopian Civil War'''. | ||