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==Immigration into Eswatini== | ==Immigration into Eswatini== | ||
<ref>"Eswatini", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *'''Eswatini''', officially the '''Kingdom of Eswatini''' and formerly and still commonly '''known in English as Swaziland.''' The population is composed primarily of ethnic Swazis. | ||
*The Swazis established their kingdom in the mid-18th century. The present boundaries were drawn up in 1881 in the midst of the "Scramble for Africa". | |||
*After the Second Boer War, the kingdom, '''under the name of Swaziland, was a British protectorate from 1903 until it regained its independence''' on 6 September 1968. | |||
*In April 2018, the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, mirroring the name commonly used in Swazi. The government is an absolute monarchy, ruled by King Mswati III since 1986.<ref>"Eswatini", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini, accessed August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Eswatini== | ==Emigration From Eswatini== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | ||