Bhutan Emigration and Immigration
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Bhutan 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 Bhutan
- During the 17th century, Bhutan controlled large parts of northeast India, Sikkim and Nepal; it also wielded significant influence in Cooch Behar State.
- Bhutan ceded the Bengal Duars to British India during the Bhutan War in the 19th century. The House of Wangchuck emerged as the monarchy and pursued closer ties with the British in the subcontinent.
- In 1910, a treaty guaranteed British advice in foreign policy in exchange for internal autonomy in Bhutan. The arrangement continued under a new treaty with India in 1949 in which both countries recognized each other's sovereignty. [1]
Emigration From Bhutan
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 47,077. Top destination countries: Nepal, India, Australia, Denmark, China, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium [2]
Records of Bhutan Emigrants in Their Destination Nations
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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 Wiki articles about immigration records for major destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at Category:Emigration and Immigration Records. |
References
- ↑ "Bhutan", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan, accessed August 2021.
- ↑ "Bhutan", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan, accessed August 2021