Equatorial Guinea Emigration and Immigration

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Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea[edit | edit source]

  • Some Europeans (largely of Spanish or Portuguese descent, some with partial African ancestry also live in the country, but most ethnic Spaniards left after independence.
  • A growing number of foreigners from neighboring Cameroon, Nigeria, and Gabon have immigrated to the country.
  • Equatorial Guinea received Asians and native Africans from other countries as workers on cocoa and coffee plantations. Most of the Asian population is Chinese, with small numbers of Indians.
  • Other black Africans came from Liberia, Angola, and Mozambique.
  • Equatorial Guinea has also been a destination for fortune-seeking European immigrants from Britain, France and Germany. Israelis and Moroccans also live and work here.[1]

Emigration From Equatorial Guinea[edit | edit source]

  • After independence, thousands of Equatorial Guineans went to Spain. Another 100,000 Equatorial Guineans went to Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria because of the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema. Some Equatorial Guinean communities are also found in Latin America, the United States, Portugal, and France.[2]
  • KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 126,100. Top destination countries: Gabon, Spain, Nigeria, Belgium, Cameroon, Kenya, the Republic of Congo, the United States, France, São Tomé and Príncipe [3]

Records of Equatorial Guinea Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

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 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[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Equatorial Guinea", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial Guinea, accessed August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Equatorial Guinea", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial Guinea, accessed August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Equatorial Guinea", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=7,accessed August 2021
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