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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. | ||
== | ==Historical Background== | ||
<ref>"Niger", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger, accessed August 2021.</ref> | <ref>"Niger", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger, accessed August 2021.</ref> | ||
*In December 1904, the '''Military Territory of Niger''' was created within the '''Upper Senegal and Niger colony''' (modern Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) with its capital at Niamey, then little more than a large village. In 1912, the Niger Military Territory was split off from Upper Senegal and Niger. | |||
*In 1922 when Niger became a fully-fledged colony within '''French West Africa'''. | |||
*Various territorial adjustments took place: the areas west of the Niger river were only attached to Niger in 1926–27, and during the dissolution of Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso) in 1932–47 much of the east of that territory was added to Niger. | |||
*On 4 December 1958, Niger became an autonomous state within the French Community.<ref>"Niger", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger#The_Hausa_states_and_other_smaller_kingdoms_(1400s%E2%80%931800s), accessed 6 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Niger== | ==Emigration From Niger== | ||
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