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Bahrain Emigration and Immigration (view source)
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*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.''' | *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.''' | ||
*In 2014 there were 39,765 '''Pakistani workers in Bahrain''' and 8,647 dependents, a further 30,000 have been given citizenship. A 2011 estimate states that 10,000 of them serve in security forces. | |||
*Other immigrant populations are '''Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Egyptians, Sri Lankans, and British.'''<ref>"Ethnic, cultural and religious groups of Bahrain", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic,_cultural_and_religious_groups_of_Bahrain, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Bahrain== | ==Emigration From Bahrain== | ||