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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== | ||