Guinea Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 1867-1915 French Overseas Civil Registration, French Guinea, 1867-1915, index and images.
 * 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast - index & images ($)

Guinea 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 Guinea

 * Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea, the modern country is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry, after its capital and largest city Conakry, to distinguish it from other countries with "Guinea" in the name and the eponymous region, such as Papua New Guinea,Western New Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.
 * The European traders arrived in the 16th century. Slaves were exported to work elsewhere in the triangular trade. The traders used the regional slave practices that had existed for centuries of trading in human beings.
 * Guinea's colonial period began with French military penetration into the area in the mid-19th century.
 * Under the French, the country formed the Territory of Guinea within French West Africa.
 * On 2 October 1958, Guinea proclaimed itself a sovereign and independent republic.

Emigration From Guinea

 * In response to the vote for independence, the French settlers in Guinea were quite dramatic in severing ties with Guinea. The Washington Post observes how brutal the French were in tearing down all what they thought was their contributions to Guinea: "In reaction, and as a warning to other French-speaking territories, the French pulled out of Guinea over a two-month period, taking everything they could with them. They unscrewed lightbulbs, removed plans for sewage pipelines in Conakry, the capital, and even burned medicines rather than leave them for the Guineans."
 * Subsequently, Guinea quickly aligned itself with the Soviet Union and adopted socialist policies.
 * KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 398,500. Top destination countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, The Gambia, France, Mali, the United States, Spain, Mauritania