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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. | ||
==Immigration into Gabon== | ==Immigration into Gabon== | ||
*In the 15th century, the first Europeans arrived. | |||
*By the 18th century, a Myeni-speaking kingdom known as Orungu formed in Gabon. Through its control of the '''slave trade''' in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was able to become the most powerful of the trading centers that developed in Gabon during that period. | |||
*French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza led his first mission to the Gabon-Congo area in 1875. He founded the town of Franceville, and was later colonial governor. Several Bantu groups lived in the area that is now Gabon when France officially occupied it in 1885. | |||
*In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of '''French Equatorial Africa''', a federation that survived until 1958. | |||
*On November 28, 1958, Gabon became an autonomous republic within the French Community, and on August 17, 1960, it became fully independent. | |||
*More than 10,000 native '''French''' live in Gabon, including an estimated 2,000 dual nationals.<ref>"Gabon", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon#Ethnic_groups, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Gabon== | ==Emigration From Gabon== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants 48,900. Top destination countries: '''France, Cameroon, Mali, the Republic of Congo, Kenya, Canada, Portugal, Germany, the United States, Italy''' <ref>"Gabon", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=8, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants 48,900. Top destination countries: '''France, Cameroon, Mali, the Republic of Congo, Kenya, Canada, Portugal, Germany, the United States, Italy''' <ref>"Gabon", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=8, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | ||