Bahrain Emigration and Immigration

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Bahrain Emigration and Immigration

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
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.

Immigration into Bahrain

  • Bahrain was one of the earliest areas to be influenced by Islam.
  • Following a period of Arab rule, Bahrain was ruled by the Portuguese Empire from 1521 until 1602.
  • In the late 1800s, following successive treaties with the British, Bahrain became a protectorate of the United Kingdom. In 1971, it declared independence.

Emigration From Bahrain

KNOMAD Statistics: <ref>"Bahrain", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development

Records of Bahrain Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.

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