Djibouti Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
 * 1884-1906 French Overseas Civil Registration, 1884-1906, index and images.
 * 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
 * 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Djibouti

British Overseas Subjects

 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Djibouti, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Djibouti, index and images, ($)

Finding the Town of Origin in Djibouti
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Djibouti, see Djibouti Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Djibouti 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 Djibouti

 * In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Dir Somali sultans with the French. It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967.
 * The construction of the Imperial Ethiopian Railway west into Ethiopia turned the port of Djibouti into a boomtown of 15,000.
 * A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city.
 * 5% of Djibouti's population primarily consists of Yemeni Arabs, Ethiopians and Europeans (French and Italians).
 * Djibouti also hosts a number of immigrants and refugees from neighboring states, with Djibouti City nicknamed the "French Hong Kong in the Red Sea" due to its cosmopolitan urbanism.
 * Djibouti's location on the eastern coast of Africa makes it a hub of regional migration, with Somalis, Yemenis, and Ethiopians traveling through the country en route to the Gulf and northern Africa.
 * Djibouti has received a massive influx of migrants from Yemen.

Emigration From Djibouti
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