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Bahrain Emigration and Immigration (view source)
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*Most '''African Bahrainis come from East Africa''' and have traditionally lived in '''Muharraq Island and Riffa'''. | *Most '''African Bahrainis come from East Africa''' and have traditionally lived in '''Muharraq Island and Riffa'''. | ||
*Due to an '''influx of immigrants and guest workers from Asian countries''', such as '''India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka''', the overall percentage of Muslims in the country has declined in recent years.<ref name="bah">"Bahrain", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain#Ethnic_groups, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | *Due to an '''influx of immigrants and guest workers from Asian countries''', such as '''India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka''', the overall percentage of Muslims in the country has declined in recent years.<ref name="bah">"Bahrain", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain#Ethnic_groups, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | ||
*There were 197,273 '''Indian workers''' and 56,666 dependents as of 2014 and the majority of the public sector. Most of them are either Hindus or Christians hailing from the '''south Indian state of Kerala, alongside a sizable Sikh and Muslim minority.''' | |||
==Emigration From Bahrain== | ==Emigration From Bahrain== | ||