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==Immigration into Madagascar==
==Immigration into Madagascar==
Until the late 18th century, the island of Madagascar was ruled by a fragmented assortment of shifting sociopolitical alliances. Beginning in the early 19th century, most of the island was united and ruled as the Kingdom of Madagascar by a series of Merina nobles. The monarchy ended in 1897 when the island was absorbed into the French colonial empire, from which the island gained independence in 1960.
==Emigration From Madagascar==
==Emigration From Madagascar==
<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development
<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development
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