Comoros Emigration and Immigration
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Online Sources[edit | edit source]
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
British Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]
Comoros Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
"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 Comoros[edit | edit source]
- The Portuguese arrived in the Indian Ocean at the end of the 15th century. For much of the 16th century the islands provided provisions to the Portuguese fort at Mozambique and although there was no formal attempt by the Portuguese crown to take possession, a number of Portuguese traders settled.
- By the end of the 16th century the local rulers were beginning to push back and they began to defeat the Dutch and the Portuguese, increasing Omani Arab influence in the region, moving the administration to nearby Zanzibar.
- Nevertheless, the Comoros remained independent, and although the three smaller islands were usually politically unified, the largest island, Ngazidja, was divided into a number of autonomous kingdoms.]
- By the time Europeans showed interest in the Comoros, the islanders were well placed to take advantage of their needs, initially supplying ships of the route to India, particularly the English and, later, slaves to the plantation islands in the Mascarenes.
- In the last decade of the 18th century, Malagasy warriors started raiding the Comoros for slaves. The islands were repopulated by slaves from the mainland, who were traded to the French in Mayotte and the Mascarenes. On the Comoros, it was estimated in 1865 that as much as 40% of the population consisted of slaves.
- France first established colonial rule in the Comoros by taking possession of Mayotte in 1841.
- Meanwhile, Ndzuani (or Johanna as it was known to the British) continued to serve as a way station for English merchants sailing to India and the Far East, as well as American whalers. The British gradually abandoned it following their possession of Mauritius in 1814.
- French settlers, French-owned companies, and wealthy Arab merchants established a plantation-based economy that used about one-third of the land for export crops. After its annexation, France converted Mayotte into a sugar plantation colony.
- In 1886, Mwali and Ngazidja were placed under French protection. In 1908 the islands were unified under a single administration ((Colonie de Mayotte et dépendances) under the authority of the French colonial Governor-General of Madagascar.
- In 1912, the colony and the protectorates were abolished and the islands became a province of the colony of Madagascar.
- Agreement was reached with France in 1973 for the Comoros to become independent in 1978. Mayotte remains under French administration. [1]
Emigration From Comoros[edit | edit source]
KNOMAD Statistics: [2]
Records of Comoros Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]
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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. |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Comoros", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros, accessed August 2021.
- ↑ "Comoros", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, , accessed August 2021