Rwanda Emigration and Immigration

British Overseas Subjects

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

Rwanda 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 Rwanda
The Kingdom of Rwanda dominated from the mid-eighteenth century. Germany colonizd Rwanda in 1884 as part of German East Africa, followed by Belgium, which invaded in 1916 during World War I.

Emigration From Rwanda
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 345,800. Top destination countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, France, Zambia, Malawi, Canada, Belgium