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==Immigration into Maldives== | ==Immigration into Maldives== | ||
<ref>"Maldives", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *In the 12th century Islam reached the Maldivian Archipelago, which was consolidated as a sultanate, developing strong commercial and cultural ties with Asia and Africa. | ||
*From the mid-16th-century the region came under the increasing influence of European colonial powers, with Maldives becoming a '''British protectorate''' in 1887. In 1558, the Portuguese established a small garrison which they administered from their main colony in Goa. Fifteen years later Muslims drove the Portuguese out of Maldives. | |||
*In the mid-17th century, the '''Dutch''', who had replaced the Portuguese as the dominant power in Ceylon, established hegemony over Maldivian affairs' | |||
*The British expelled the Dutch from Ceylon in 1796 and included Maldives as a British Protectorate. | |||
*Independence from the United Kingdom came in 1965, and a presidential republic was established in 1968.<ref>"Maldives", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives, accessed August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Maldives== | ==Emigration From Maldives== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | ||