Mauritania Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
 * 1895-1917 France National Overseas Archives, Mauritania

Mauritania 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 Mauritania

 * In the late 19th century, during the European Scramble for Africa, Mauritania became a French colony. Mauritania became independent from French West Africa in 1960.
 * After Mauritanian independence, larger numbers of indigenous Sub-Saharan African peoples (Haalpulaar, Soninke, and Wolof) migrated into it, most of them settling in the area north of the Senegal River. Many of these new arrivals had been educated in the French language and French customs, and became clerks, soldiers, and administrators in the new state.

Emigration From Mauritania
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 136,300. Top destination countries: Senegal, Nigeria, France, Mali, Spain, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, the Republic of Congo, Belgium, Italy